Xing noted that this new discovery enriches the study of Early Jurassic dinosaur fauna in Guizhou. As more track sites are ...

A remarkable Early Jurassic record has been hiding in plain sight for 20 years on a slab of rock displayed at a high school in Biloela, Australia, according to a new study. While researchers knew the ...

The Jurassic period marks a pivotal era in the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems, during which diverse plant groups flourished and adapted to dynamic climatic and environmental conditions. Fossil ...

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An extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period seems to have had quite the penchant for overreaching. A new analysis of fossilized Tharsis fish reveals that the carnivorous ...

Scientists described two fossilized birds from the Jurassic period in a recent article published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, marking a "historic" discovery. Unearthed in the Zhenghe region of ...

Scientists have named a new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, from fossils found in Mistelgau, Germany. The marine reptile had a dramatic overbite similar to swordfish and unique skeletal ...

For 20 years, students and teachers at Biloela State High School in Australia studied and worked next to a beige boulder without realizing it was a window into a lost world. In 2021, following media ...

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Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.

Ireland is an unlikely candidate for dinosaur fossils but two were found on Islandmagee beach, two decades apart.

Jurassic era shark teeth fossils have been unearthed in railway works. The exciting find has been made as investigations into the ground kick off along a proposed rail route between Oxford and ...