In a recent study by Dr. Sofia Patrocínio and her colleagues, published in Papers in Palaeontology, a new specimen of ...

In a twist worthy of a detective novel, a long-misidentified fossil at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) has ...

Learn more about Plesionectes longicollum, a well-preserved plesiosaurioid that's the oldest known from the Posidonia Shale ...

Initial examinations had showcased that the specimen was a member of the plesiosauroid family, a group of marine reptiles, inhabitants of Earth's ancient oceans during the age of dinosaurs. The team ...

A new long-necked marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, has been identified from a decades-old fossil found in Germany’s ...

Scientists uncover ancient proteins preserved in fossils dating back 24 million years, offering new insights into evolution ...

Researchers from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science did not have to look far to acquire a new artifact after they ...

A team of Chinese researchers has discovered a new dinosaur assemblage from the Lower Jurassic period in Wuding county, ...

Quick look Aaron Wood, director of Iowa State's Carl F. Vondra Geology Field Station, found a tiny, black-colored fossil tooth in 2012 when he was a postdoctoral research associate for the Florida ...

It is also the oldest pterosaur from North America, and one of the oldest pterosaur fossils on Earth. “The oldest ones are only 5 million years older, and from Europe,” says Kligman.

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived long ago. But the oldest DNA obtained so far ...