A fossil once hailed as evidence of a unique mosasaur species, Xenodens calminechari, may be a forgery, a new study claims.

Two-Meter-Long Fossil of Lobster-Like Animal That Swam the Seas 480 Million Years Ago Discovered, Used Its Head to Catch Prey ...

David adds, 'We don't know about many dinosaurs that lived in jungle or mountain environments. Fossils are very unlikely to form in such situations.' The most common way an animal such as a dinosaur ...

With a recent radioisotopic analysis of the fossil specimens dating the remains to around 230 million years old, this tiny ...

Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient mollusks were more complex and adaptable ...

The discovery of two ancient fossils shows early mollusks were more complex and diverse than previously thought. Researchers ...

Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and spectacular paleontological specimens. They were formed through a ...

These kinds of fossils can be formed in two major ways. Casts occur when the decaying remains dissolve completely and leave a space that becomes filled-in or replaced by sediment which then ...

A fossil is the preserved remains or traces of a dead organism. The process by which a fossil is formed is called fossilisation. It’s very rare for living things to become fossilised.

We call all of the fossils we have found the fossil record. This record shows us how living things have changed from simple life forms billions of years ago. Not all fossils have been found and ...

The fossils were found in a geological formation of the early Cretaceous Period (about 110 million years ago) in Tanbasasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, which forms part of the Sasayama Group.