It was capable of growing beyond 30 feet in length and weighed around 10 tons—a mature elephant plus a sedan car.

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

Geologists working on surveying land in Mississippi stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator considered a "sea dragon" of the time.

In Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the remarkably preserved remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur, nicknamed “Fiona,” ...

The creature could lay eggs on land, unlike amphibians. It was part of a large group known as “amniotes,” which would evolve ...

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 ...

New fossilized tracks made by an ancient reptile indicate that these animals evolved tens of millions of years sooner than ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the first animals ...

Learn what secrets this pregnant ichthyosaur reveals from the Early Cretaceous and why this find is so important.

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 ...