In fact, traces of past debates about American identity can be found in surprising places: dinosaur museums. Dinosaurs weren’t debating their identity, of course. But the 19th century Americans who ...

A fossil once hailed as evidence of a unique mosasaur species, Xenodens calminechari, may be a forgery, a new study claims.

New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, and phylogenetic relationships, revealing aspects like cannibalism and the ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of Stone Age artifacts on the seafloor of the North Sea, shedding light on a lost prehistoric land that once bridged Great Britain and mainland Europe.

Dubbed Archaeocursor asiaticus, the newly-discovered species is the earliest-diverging ornithischian dinosaur yet discovered in Asia, according to a team of paleontologists from China. Archaeocursor ...

4 2023. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday launched a ...

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Mosasaurs are extinct marine reptiles that hold a remarkable place in the history of vertebrate paleontology. Their discovery in 1766 near Maastricht, Netherlands, laid the foundation for studying ...

Mosasaurs are extinct marine lizards, spectacular examples of which were first discovered in 1766 near Maastricht in the Netherlands, fueling the rise of the field of vertebrate palaeontology (the ...

Extremes in large body size become even more dramatic when extinct mosasaurs are considered (up to 17 m in length). Disparity in body form is reflected in the different degrees of body elongation, and ...

some of the Mosasaur bones were uncovered. “This is a part of history,” Vance said. “We have great sources in these property owners and the use of their land for our discovery.” ...