The discovery pushes back the evolution of advanced pterosaurs and also supports a surprising new setting for their evolution ...

A new scientific study led by researchers at The University of Manchester has re-examined a series of fossil skulls from the UK, providing new insights into two species of extinct marine reptiles. Dr ...

Surprisingly, the newly discovered pterosaur shares characteristics with advanced pterodactyloids but is significantly older.

Some 200 million years ago in what is now Warwickshire, a dolphin-like reptile died and sank to the bottom of the sea. The creature's burial preserved its skull in stunning detail - enabling ...

Meet Finn, the reptile skull named by a six-year-old competition winner. Annabelle, from Birmingham, named the skull after her friend Finn and the fact that the reptile had a fin that it used to swim.

3. Dermal skull roof or dermatocranium A shield of membrane or dermal bone covering the top and sides of the head and extending down to the jaw rims, with a marginal row of teeth. In amphibians & stem ...

Cabot '82. Arnold Lewish, museum preparator is restoring the skeleton, which has a nine foot skull, the longest known fossil reptile skull in the world. The fossil's jaws are nearly 10 times as ...

AN ANCIENT lizard dating back 205million years has been confirmed to be the “world’s oldest” in a fresh study. The fossilised ...