A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the fossil record is formed. They investigated how dinosaur and mammal bones are ...

The three fossil specimens (from left to right), Avisaurus darwini, Avisaurus sp., and Magnusavis ekalakaensis, all of which are represented by a tarsometatarsus. They are all shown to scale with one ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.

Scientists confirm CT scanning doesn't interfere with natural decomposition processes, opening new windows into understanding how fossils form. Scientists have found that X-Ray scanning reveals ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil record Chihiro Kai The arid valleys of Wyoming’s Cloverly Formation are ...

A small tail vertebra picked up on a windswept Antarctic island in 1985 did not look like much. For decades, it was treated ...

A nearly complete pterosaur fossil uncovered in southern Germany has been identified as a new genus and species from the Late Jurassic. Named Laueropterus vitriolus, the animal belonged to an early ...

The marine rock around the fossil also suggests the animal likely ended up at sea after it died.

One hypothesis suggests the fossils may have been traded for use in ritual or medicinal practices, researchers said. Photo by Jens Lehmann. During an excavation on Morocco’s Mogador Island, ...