Coelophysis is an early theropod dinosaur, a pioneering member of a group that will one day give rise to some of the biggest carnivores ever to live. He’s a lot more humble in his size, however, ...

Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of ...

The Museum of Texas Tech houses fossils from the Triassic, Ice Age. Here's a behind the scenes look into the paleontology ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

A fossil from one of the largest dinosaurs to live in North America was discovered in a national park in Texas.

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

Ruby Reynolds and her father were on the beach when they discovered Ichthyotitan severnensis - the largest-ever marine ...

The French countryside is rich in fossilized eggs, footprints, and bones. A battle is raging over who is allowed to hunt for ...

The fact that there are fewer accessible rocks makes it more difficult to find fossils from the period, so there is an incomplete record of the dinosaurs at the time leading up to the asteroid impact.

The life of a 166-million-year-old reptile has been turned upside down. While Marmoretta oxoniensis was believed to have swum ...