News

Pterosaur fossils discovered in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park
Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.
Scientists Find 200 Million-Year-Old Flying Reptile Species
Scientists have found a new species of pterosaur that lived 200 million years ago along with the dinosaurs. The fossilised ...
Was the mythical dragon real? 240 million years old fossil found in China resemble the legendary beasts
Paleontologists in southwestern China have unearthed fossils of *Dinocephalosaurus orientalis*, a 240-million-year-old marine ...
Arizona fossils reveal an ecosystem in flux early in the age of dinosaurs
Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...
Live Science on MSN3mon
Triassic amphibians the size of alligators perished in mass die-off in Wyoming, puzzling 'bone bed' reveals
The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is ...
New Scientist on MSN4d
Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse
A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...
MONTCO Today on MSN5d
Triassic Valley Forge Park: Dinosaur Fossils Have Been Found There, as Well as Other Pennsylvania Sites
Of the remnants of the past that have been unearthed throughout Montgomery County, most residents are understandably familiar ...
Science Daily5d
When rainforests died, the planet caught fire: New clues from Earth’s greatest extinction
When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...