A near-complete skeleton found on Dorset's Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ...
The shoreline between Charmouth and Seatown in Dorset, United Kingdom, has come to be known as the “Jurassic Coast” of England. Geological formations have revealed prehistoric creatures stuck in the ...
The marine reptile would have been about three metres long and would have eaten fish and squid, scientists say ...
Beneath layers of ancient sediment and time, a small but game-changing dinosaur skull emerged from the earth, as if it had ...
The rare species of prehistoric predator was found in southern England. A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to ...
The fossils date back to the Cambrian Explosion around half a billion years ago when animal life was evolving in new ways. Within the walls of the Grand Canyon, researchers have discovered thousands ...
The dolphin-sized creature, named Xiphodracon Goldencapensis or “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” had a long, blade-like snout and huge eyes for hunting fish and squid. | ITV News Meridian ...
An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized landscape, plants and animals found preserved in a remote bonebed of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park Illustration by Brian Engh The painted desert ...
In 2010, DNA from a prehistoric finger bone found in Siberia’s Denisova cave revealed the existence of a new archaic human that shared a common ancestor with both Neanderthals and modern humans.
In 2001, a fossil collector named Chris Moore was scouring the rocks of the Golden Cap area of Dorset when he noticed ancient bones on the surface. It was “nearly complete” fossilized remains of an ...