History ❯ Natural History

Fossil Record

Cretaceous Period Jurassic Period Dinosaur Era Extinction Events Cambrian Period Dinosaur Research Dinosaur Auctions Ediacara Biota Paleontological Discoveries Dinosaur Discoveries

Scientists Name Wyoteuthis linsterorum, a Chunky Jurassic Belemnite From Wyoming

CT scans reveal an unprecedentedly thick rostrum that places the animal in Megateuthididae, extending that family's record into the Oxfordian.

T. Rex 'Gus' Sells for $50.1 Million, Setting Fossil Auction Record

550-Million-Year-Old Worm Shows Population Bias for Rightward Turns

New Patagonian Raptor Kank Australis Named From La Anita Fossils

New Jurassic Sauropod From Patagonia Named Bicharracosaurus Dionidei

Oldest Chelicerate Fossil Dates to 500 Million Years Ago

Study Links Violent Jurassic Storms to Baby Pterosaur Deaths

Sail-Backed Dinosaur Istiorachis Macarthurae Described from Isle of Wight Fossils

Ancient Bone Analysis Reveals Echidnas’ Aquatic Ancestry

Fossil of 69-Million-Year-Old Bird Redefines Evolutionary History