Paleontologists have uncovered a previously unknown prehistoric mammal species that was among the largest of its time. The partial remains of the newly identified species were originally collected ...

"Prehistoric World" is a new book by Aaron Woodruff, the museum's collection manager for vertebrate paleontology. It includes profiles and illustrations of prehistoric mammals such as Livyatan ...

The story of whales did not begin in the seas. For millions of years before beasts like the sinuous Basilosaurus lived full time in the ocean, the shorelines and estuaries of prehistoric Earth were ...

Researchers have revealed a previously unknown species of "giant sea lizard" with a fearsome set of "dagger-like" teeth that lived during the age of the dinosaurs. The new species, described in a ...

A giant skull of a prehistoric sea predator has been unearthed by a team of fossil hunters in the UK, the BBC reported. The more than 6-foot-long skull belongs to a pliosaur, a marine reptile that ...

1. The age of mammals -- 2. The origin and early evolution of mammals -- 3. Marsupials : pouched mammals -- 4. Placental mammals (Eutheria) -- 5. Xenarthra : sloths ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

All of Earth’s creatures have the potential to slowly fossilize, making them discoverable after millions of years to be studied and entered into the annals of science. That includes those that have ...

(CNN) — The remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets ...

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