Paleontologists have identified a new ancient reptile from the Solnhofen limestone slabs, thanks to a chance discovery. A ...

Named Gondwanax paraisensis, opens new tab, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg ...

New species of extinct marine reptile found with help from 11-year-old child. ... North America, and Europe. A fossil deposit in present day Nevada may have even been an ichthyosaur birthing ground.

New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 05 / 170525125617.htm ...

A brand new species of ancient snake has been discovered in western Wyoming. The fossilized snake, thought to have lived some 38 million years ago, has been named Hibernophis breithaupti ...

A fossil stored in a Doncaster museum for 30 years and thought to be a plaster copy has turned out to be a new species of ancient reptile. A young palaeontologist working with the University of ...

The Chaohusaurus fossil, from one of the oldest ichthyosaur species, is about 10 million years older than other fossil embryos from reptiles found so far. The specimen is now at the Anhui ...

The researchers named the species Dearc sgiathanach (pronounced yark ski-an-ach), which means "winged reptile" in Gaelic.The flying reptile lived roughly 170 million years ago and ruled the skies ...

The species went extinct about 12,000 years ago. Scientists have discovered a pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for about 37,000 years ...

The small reptile would have likely roamed the land of what is today southern Brazil, when the world was much hotter. The fossil has been identified as a new silesaurid, an extinct group of reptiles.

Named Gondwanax paraisensis, opens new tab, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg ...