In an incredible twist of fate, a retired chicken farmer unearthed a 240-million-year-old amphibian fossil in a pile of rocks meant for a garden wall, leading to one of the most extraordinary ...

Serrations at the edges of a fossilized flipper of the ancient marine reptile Temnodontosaurussuggests it may have been able to swim silently.

In the badlands of Arizona, a team from the Smithsonian has identified Eotephradactylus mcintireae, a previously unknown ...

Have you ever seen a creature that seems to smile at you from behind the glass, with feathery gills waving like carnival ...

A rare Triassic fossil site reveals North America's oldest known pterosaur, Eotephradactylus mcintireae, in what was once a ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.

A Smithsonian-led team of researchers have discovered North America's oldest known pterosaur, the winged reptiles that lived ...

Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a new study.

03/11/2025 14:00 Triassic Life: Ancient amphibians, crocodile relatives, early dinosaurs and mammalian ancestors Meike Rech Presse Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart A research team from ...

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