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The process of fossilisation has caused specimens of Crassigyrinus to become compressed.

Scientists reveal face of 10-foot ‘killer tadpole’ that terrorized Earth long before the dinosaurs

Nash El
⬝ May 30, 2023 12:10 pm

An artist’s impression of the pliosaur. University of Portsmouth paleontologists have discovered evidence suggesting that pliosaurs, closely related to the Liopleurodon, could have reached up to 14.4 meters in length, twice the size of a killer whale.

‘Truly gigantic’ Jurassic sea monster remains discovered by chance in museum

Nash El
⬝ May 29, 2023 3:32 am

A predatory dinosaur from Brazil and its surprising anatomy 1

A predatory dinosaur from Brazil and its surprising anatomy

Nash El
⬝ May 19, 2023 3:49 am

Oldest sea reptile from age of dinosaurs found on Arctic island 2

Oldest sea reptile from age of dinosaurs found on Arctic island

Nash El
⬝ Apr 28, 2023 9:38 am

A photo of one of the two newly described bat skeletons representing Icaronycteris gunnelli. This specimen, the holotype, is now in the American Museum of Natural History's research collections.

52-million-year-old fossilized bat skeletons reveal new species and insights on bat evolution

Nash El
⬝ Apr 22, 2023 5:51 am

The giant footprint left by a dinosaur 166 million years ago was found on the Yorkshire coast in the United Kingdom.

Yorkshire’s prehistoric past revealed: Footprint of a giant meat-eating dinosaur

Nash El
⬝ Apr 20, 2023 11:35 am

A 95-million-year-old Sauropod skull discovered in Australia 3

A 95-million-year-old Sauropod skull discovered in Australia

Nash El
⬝ Apr 20, 2023 10:31 am

A mysterious grapefruit-sized fur ball turned out to be a ‘perfectly preserved’ 30,000-year-old squirrel 4

A mysterious grapefruit-sized fur ball turned out to be a ‘perfectly preserved’ 30,000-year-old squirrel

Nash El
⬝ Apr 18, 2023 6:09 pm

T-Rex's older cousin - the Reaper of Death 5

T-Rex’s older cousin – the Reaper of Death

Leo De
⬝ May 6, 2023 8:18 am

The fossil extinct giant ant Titanomyrma from Wyoming that was discovered over a decade ago by SFU paleontologist Bruce Archibald and collaborators at the Denver Museum. The fossil queen ant is next to a hummingbird, showing the huge size of this titanic insect.

‘Giant’ ant fossil raises questions about ancient Arctic migrations

Nash El
⬝ Apr 18, 2023 5:51 pm