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Oldest footprints of first ‘reptile’ found by fossil hunters
A report in the journal Nature estimates that the amniote tracks date to between 350 million and 359 million years ago.
Surprise in Texas after a 3.6-meter skeleton of a dinosaur that was one of the great marine predators was found in an excavation
Before Texas was what it is known today, it was a vast sea full of marine reptiles. Now, one of those creatures has been found - its remains, that is - during construction work. St ...
Fossil of pregnant Icthyosaur “Fiona”, a prehistoric sea reptile, found in Chile -- Key details inside
In Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the remarkably preserved remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur, nicknamed “Fiona,” ...
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Marine fossil found in South Africa is one of a kind, thanks to unusual preservation
Paleontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what's so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...
11-year-old girl finds bone on beach that turns out to be jaw of largest marine reptile ever known
A father and his 11-year-old daughter were in for a shock when they discovered a two-metre-long jawbone on a beach in Devon, south-west England, in 2020. They immediately alerted t ...
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MSU researchers, both MGS geologists, help unearth giant mosasaur fossil near campus
Leard and Palmer are experienced scientists pursuing their doctoral degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences at MSU while ...
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Earliest-known 'reptile' footprints discovered by amateur fossil hunters in Victoria
Amateur palaeontologists have found the ... the origin of reptiles and other land-based creatures by 40 million years. Builder Craig Eury and winemaker John Eason were fossil hunting near ...