The prehistoric creature is thought to have lived around 280-270 million years ago and was likely a "top predator" in its day ...

An international research team led by the Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ICP) and the Museu Balear de Ciències Naturals (MUCBO | MBCN) have described a fossil animal that lived ...

Now, a team of scientists have found a new fossil that is the oldest of its kind and might even be the oldest therapsid ever ...

A 205-million-year-old fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, was confirmed as the oldest modern lizard, shifting Squamata ...

The species dates back 35 million years. The post World’s oldest lizard fossil identified appeared first on Talker.

Scientists found the earliest known animal with left-right asymmetry, indicating complex body organization 555 million years ...

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world.

"This is where we code hundreds of anatomical features in Cryptovaranoides and other modern and fossil lizards ... Bristol reptile is indeed the world's oldest modern-type lizard." ...

A tiny lizard fossil, Cryptovaranoides microlanius, is 205 million years old. It shifts Squamata origins back by 35 million ...