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New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Based on 121 Hadar fossils, the study places the snout-bossed ambush predator in a distinct East African crocodile lineage.

New Triassic Croc-Line Reptile Grew From Four-Legged Juvenile to Bipedal Adult

Tiny Argentine Dinosaur Fossil Reshapes Alvarezsaur Evolution and Global Spread

New Spinosaurus From Niger Recasts Predator as Shallow-Water Wader

Study Finds Tyrannosaur Tooth Embedded in Edmontosaurus Skull

307-Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back the Origin of Plant-Eating on Land

Scientists Describe Tyrannoroter Heberti, a 307-Million-Year-Old Plant-Chewing Tetrapod

Haolong dongi Fossil Reveals Cellular-Level Skin and Unique Cornified Spikes

Tiny Spanish Dinosaur Foskeia Pelendonum Formally Described, Recasting Parts of the Ornithischian Family Tree

Archaeopteryx Fossil Reveals Bird-Like Mouth Features Linked to Flight Demands

Half-Meter Dinosaur From Spain Is Smallest Known Ornithopod, Filling 70-Million-Year Gap

Goethe’s Amber Yields 40‑Million‑Year‑Old Ant in New 3D Study

Rebuilt Jurassic Food Web Shows Baby Sauropods Fed the Top Predators

Huayuan Biota From China Unveils Deep-Water Cambrian Life After Early Mass Extinction

Invisible 40-Million-Year-Old Ant Found in Goethe’s Amber Using 3D Imaging

Study Recasts Prototaxites as an Extinct Branch of Complex Life

Study Finds T. Rex Reached Full Size at 35–40, Reshaping Its Life History

New Study Finds T. Rex Reached Full Size Around Age 40

Scientists Describe Xenovenator Espinosai, a New Troodontid From Mexico

NYU-Led Reanalysis Points to Bipedalism in 7-Million-Year-Old Sahelanthropus