It's possible that during the Triassic period, the crocodile-like phytosaur snapped at a frog-like creature, but missed. It's a good thing it did, because 216 million years later, paleontologists have ...

A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech's Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The Norian Chinle Formation in the Southwestern United States provides a snapshot into an ancient terrestrial ecosystem with its famous petrified tree trunks and various plant and ...

New fossil find: Researchers uncovered a new species, Akidostropheus Oligos, a tiny spiked reptile from 220 million years ago, in the park’s Thunderstorm Ridge area. Deep time revealed: The park’s ...