The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on the evolutionary tree. One ...

Palaeontologists have got a clearer picture of where turtles fit in the animal kingdom, thanks to analysis of a southern ...

A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither scale, nor bone, nor feather. The extinct creature's 247-million-year-old ...

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in the Triassic Period.

A fossil unearthed along the coast of England was identified as a new species of a renowned “sword dragon” reptile that dominated the sea during the Jurassic Period. The nearly complete ichthyosaur ...

PHOENIX — Fossils from the Petrified Forest National Park, in northern Arizona, revealed a new reptile species that thrived during the Triassic Period. Paleontologists and partners with the ...

A fossilized colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa. It's the first time that the Procolophon trigoniceps, which lived in the ...

By Will Dunham May 28 (Reuters) - Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge land predator during the twilight of the age of dinosaurs. But ...

BRITISH COLUMBIA — Marshall University researchers identified a group of fossils that belonged to a new type of prehistoric aquatic reptile from millions of years ago that was unknown before the ...

Marine palaeoecosystems of the past are intricately linked with the diverse assemblages of fossil reptiles especially in the Mesozoic. Recent work has shown a much greater diversity of such Mesozoic ...

A hidden Illinois museum packs dinosaur drama, live reptiles, Ice Age giants, and fossil-filled surprises into one unforgettable visit.