A fossil, believed to be one of the oldest ever of a reptile, could help explain the rise of the dinosaurs. Scientists in Brazil announced the discovery of the ancient reptile dating back some 237 ...

The reptile would have shared its home with other ... inhabited by small dinosaurs and relatives of the Tuatara, a reptilian living fossil from New Zealand. "We were lucky to find quite a lot ...

The 300-million-year-old fossils belonged to a crocodile-like reptile and could help us understand ... vertebrates following their transition from living in the sea to living on land.

An ancient polar sea reptile fossil found in New Zealand has been confirmed as the oldest ever discovered in the Southern Hemisphere. An international team of scientists have only now identified ...

University of Bristol 3D reconstruction of the fossil fragments Ms Patrick said: "During the Triassic, there was a flurry of different reptile groups ... the creature was living on a small ...

Its evolutionary history positions it as a “living fossil,” since it is the only ... Zealand is the only surviving member of an entire reptile order that dates back ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Discoveries of fossil reptiles in the sea cliffs of south-western England helped to consolidate ideas of 'deep time' and extinction by ...

A newly discovered pterosaur fossil is shedding light on the evolutionary journey of these ancient flying reptiles. This complete specimen, named Skiphosoura bavarica, provides crucial insights ...