Steve May, a research associate at the Jackson School of Geosciences, holds a fossil from a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile. The fossil is among the first Jurassic vertebrate fossils ...

An artist’s interpretation of a Jurassic plesiosaur. Fossils from a plesiosaur discovered in West Texas are the only fossils from a Jurassic vertebrate found and described in the state.

Fossils are the imprinted remains of ancient ... a long necked reptile called a plesiosaur, a flying reptile and many other ancient sea creatures. Image caption, While Mary Anning was alive ...

WHEN Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park hit the big screen in 1993, fictional paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler made fossil hunting look cool. However, Brit holidaymakers ...

He explains, 'With dinosaurs, we have fossil footprints and fossil plants. We have similar contextual evidence for underwater animals as well. 'Plesiosaur fossils are not found in isolation in rocks.

Now, two well-preserved fossils of the creature unearthed in France have finally revealed what Arthropleura’s head looked like, providing insights into how the giant arthropod lived. Today ...

Three amateur palaeontologists have uncovered a rare 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile fossil in outback Western Queensland. Credit: QUEENSLAND MUSEUM/PR IMAGE ...

What seemed to be an ordinary renovation turned out to be an extraordinary discovery when a trove of ancient fossils was uncovered. There are millions of fossils that make up those excavated since ...

Fossils are rare because their formation and discovery depend on chains of ecological and geological events that occur over deep time. Only a small fraction of the primates that have ever lived ...

18, 2024 — New archaeological research has discovered for the first time clear links between fossils of the iconic Australian dingo, and dogs from East Asia and New ... Sep. 18, 2024 — A ...

A damning new report by Textile Exchange has revealed that the production of fossil fuel-based fabrics, such as polyester, is on the rise despite sustainability efforts in the industry.