A routine fossil-hunting trip turned into a groundbreaking discovery for a pair of researchers when they stumbled upon a rare ...

Dr. Chris Shelton and student Kolby Dooling unearthed a rare, well-preserved ammonite fossil at a site in Oklahoma, and it ...

A landowner in Argentina discovered the fossilized remains of a prehistoric marine reptile, identified as an ichthyosaur, in the province of Neuquén.

The names Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic all describe the types of fossils that have been found relating to those periods.

Pardo-Pérez is continuing to analyze the pregnant ichthyosaur and has performed a CT scan of the fossil, allowing her to ...

A professor and a student from RSU unearthed a rare exceptionally preserved fossil gemstone. Professor Dr. Chris Shelton and ...

For a blast from the (distant) past, visit the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park. The museum makes for ...

Jeholia longchengi scorpion fossil unlocks new theories on predator evolution The find of Jeholia longchengi is not only thrilling—it's groundbreaking. Mesozoic-era scorpion fossils are ...

Most iridescent ammonite fossils known today come from the Mesozoic Era, the age of dinosaurs. There’s only one other known location in the world where aragonite of this age has been found ...