During the course of evolution, the mammalian cranio-mandibular secondary joint—formed by the dentary condyle and the ...
The announcement of Breugnathair elgolensis is the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work, after an international ...
Little is known about the early history of lizards, snakes and their kin. New fossil discoveries reveal a complex ...
Chinese paleontologists have made breakthroughs in the study of the evolution of the mammalian jaw joint by re-examining two ...
Breugnathair elgolensis is the first of a new family of squamates called Parviraptoridae, described as "an enigmatic group with potential importance for snake origins, that was previously known from ...
A strange Jurassic lizard discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye is shaking up what we know about snake evolution. Named ...
Scientists discovered Agriodontosaurus helsbypetrae, a tiny ancient lizard with oversized teeth, changing the story of lizard ...
Digital reconstruction of tiny, 400-million-year-old jawless fish shows how traits for evading predators later gave rise to hunters A fossil the size of a fingernail is rewriting the opening chapter ...
Whole skeleton of Dipterus, an extinct lungfish from the middle Devonian period. Specimen (UMMP 16140) from the University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology. ANN ARBOR—If you're reading this sentence ...