Late Cretaceous

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a new and unusual therizinosaurid dinosaur with atypical hands in Mongolia.

A bizarre new genus and species of ornithomimid dinosaur has been identified from the fossilized remains found in 2014 in Coahuila, Mexico.

A photograph authentically shows a dinosaur limb with intact skin.

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species of quetzalcoatline azhdarchid pterosaur, Nipponopterus mifunensis, from the Late Cretaceous of Japan.

Scientists recreated plesiosaur swimming with a robotic model, revealing how these ancient sea reptiles adapted their flipper movements to varied conditions.

Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of long-snouted notosuchian from the fragmentary remains found in Brazil's Adamantina Formation.

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a new species in the tyrannosaurid dinosaur genus Labocania, based on a partial skeleton found in Coahuila, Mexico.

Paleontologists have unearthed the skeletal remains from a previously unknown species of lithostrotian titanosaur at the fossil site of Lo Hueco, Cuenca, Spain.

A new species of ancient lungfish from the Triassic period has been identified from fossilized tooth plate material found in the Mid-Zambezi Basin, Zimbabwe.

'Asiatyrannus xui' may have been first of its kind to stomp across southeastern China.

An almost complete skeleton of a Cretaceous shark has been uncovered in Mexico. The find sheds light on what the prehistoric relative of the great white...

The newly-discovered thescelosaurine species Fona herzogae shows evidence that thescelosaurine dinosaurs spent at least part of their time in underground burrows.

Paleontologists have analyzed the fossil record of ammonites through the Late Cretaceous epoch (100.5 to 66 million years ago), characterized by some scientists as an interval of decline prior to their total extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary.

American scientists have unveiled a new species of horned dinosaur which at 11,000 lbs and 22 feet long is the largest centrosaurine ever found in North America and roamed the swamps of what is now Montana.

A paper published earlier this month in the journal Cretaceous Research announces the discovery of a previously undocumented genus and species of medium-sized ornithopod dinosaur.

A new genus and species of giant madtsoiid snake that lived in what is now India around 47 million years ago (early Middle Eocene epoch) has been identified from a partial vertebral column unearthed in the Indian state of Gujarat.

Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a fast runner and lived about 90 million years...

From the largest turtle ever discovered to the sea turtle that used its elongated snout to suck up food, tortoises today can't compare to these titanic reptiles.

A video shared to X in March 2024 genuinely showed a scuba diver swimming with a dinosaur.

Kyle Atkins-Weltman, who is studying anatomy and vertebrate paleontology at Oklahoma State University, was examining a set of dinosaur fossils identified as ...