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Two ASU paleontologists have discovered a new prehistoric sea turtle. The nearly 4-feet-long fossilized shell was unearthed ...
A groundbreaking discovery in Arizona’s Petrified Forest reveals North America’s oldest pterosaur.
Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...
Eotephradactylus mcintireae’ is the oldest-known flying reptile from the continent and roamed the skies 209 million years ago ...
In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...
Smithsonian scientists have uncovered North America’s oldest known pterosaur from a 209-million-year-old bonebed in Arizona’s ...
Teeth from extinct species like Otodus obliquus (an ancestor of the legendary Megalodon) are commonly found in New Jersey’s ...
"It's basically like cement inside there," Knell said. Fossilized turtle shells and turtle fragments aren't uncommon in southern Utah, which is rich with dinosaur bones and other prehistoric relics.
The first fossilized prehistoric pregnant turtle was found in the badlands of Alberta, Canada, in 1999 and described in scientific literature last year.
Scientists identify the oldest flying reptile in North America, discovered in Arizona and dating back 209 million years.