Scientists found a 247-million-year-old reptile, Mirasaura grauvogeli, with a feather-like crest that lived in trees.

The first-ever group of actively flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs first took to the skies some 230 million years ago, nearly 80 million years before the earliest birds arrived on the scene.

Scientists uncovered a 149-million-year-old bird fossil in southeastern China with unexpectedly modern traits they believe could rewrite the evolutionary history of birds. The recently discovered ...

The fossil of a Jurassic bird unearthed in southeastern China has major implications for the history of avian evolution, researchers say. The newly discovered Baminornis zhenghensis, a quail-sized ...

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The billionaire Kenneth C. Griffin, who bought the stegosaurus fossil for $44.6 million, is lending it to the American Museum of Natural History in New York for four years.

Flying Reptile Fossil Discovery Challenges Pterosaur History Published Dec 12, 2024 at 12:48 PM EST Updated Dec 12, 2024 at 12:55 PM EST By Ian Randall ...