Fossils of the pterosaur were discovered in Petrified Forest National Park. The fossils date back 209 million years.

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...

Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

The study of biogeography and paleoecology during the Mesozoic-Cenozoic era provides essential insights into how past ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

A glob of 99 million-year-old amber has preserved an ancient fly in horror show fashion: with the mushroom-like fruiting body of zombie fungus bursting forth from its head.

“Amber gives us this opportunity to visualize the ancient ecological relationships preserved in fossils,” said Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student at the Institute of Paleontology at Yunnan University in ...

Marine brachiopod fossils found among Roman artifacts on Morocco’s Mogador Island predate the island itself and may have ended up there via ancient trade networks.