Pterosaurs were highly successful flying reptiles—often mistakenly classified as dinosaurs—that thrived between 210 and 65 million years ago. As the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, they predated the emergence of birds and…
Terastiodontosaurus marcelosanchezi inhabited what is now Africa during the Eocene epoch, approximately 47 million years ago. This newly identified species is part of the Trogonophidae family, a group of small, limbless, carnivorous, lizard-like…
Scientists have identified a new species of the massive avian predators known as “terror birds,” which once roamed the South American landscape in search of prey. The discovery was made through the analysis…
A team of researchers led by SNSB paleontologist Gertrud Rößner has identified a new species of prehistoric dolphin. Analysis of the fossil’s inner ear indicates that this dolphin had excellent high-frequency hearing, similar…
A meticulous, three-year investigation has substantiated that the “Ganzhou Mini Egg” is the smallest known dinosaur egg. With a length of only 30 millimeters (approximately 1.18 inches), this specimen is considerably smaller than…
A new study has recently revealed the discovery of a new species of sauropod dinosaur, called Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra. This herbivorous giant lived in the Cuenca region of Spain approximately 75 million years ago,…
Anne Trafton | MIT News Collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, has been found in dinosaur fossils as old as 195 million years. That far exceeds the normal half-life of the peptide…
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a rare fossil: a prehistoric sea cow found by a farmer in northern Venezuela. The skeleton suggests that the animal was the victim of an attack by…
Archaeologists made a significant discovery in Iowa by excavating the first well-preserved mastodon bones ever found in the state, including the skull of this prehistoric animal. The team unearthed the skull, which is…
Hans Sues, Smithsonian Institution Did all dinosaurs become extinct, killed when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago? Or could a few of them, somehow, have survived that mass extinction event…