Remains of a new dicynodont species dating back over 250 million years link China and South Africa, suggesting passage of ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a new study. A mysterious tusked animal depicted in ...

An artist’s conception shows a type of dicynodont known as Dicynodon. (Illustration by Marlene Hill Donnelly) Dental exams conducted on fossils from more than 200 million years ago suggest that the ...

The discovery of a new dicynodont species suggests early land animals moved across Pangaea later and more widely than ...

image: During the Triassic period (252-201 million years ago) mammal-like reptiles called therapsids co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art may have been inspired by a long-extinct creature preserved as fossils in the region. The Horned Serpent panel is a section of rock wall ...

A strange tusked creature depicted by indigenous people in South African rock art appears to be a long-extinct species predating dinosaurs, according to a new study. The research, published on ...

A new species of hulking ancient herbivore would have overshadowed its relatives. Fossils found in Poland belong to a new species that roamed during the Late Triassic, a period some 237 million to 201 ...

An ancient hippo-like reptile, extinct elsewhere, existed in Australia for another 110 million years – alongside the dinosaurs that wiped them out in other places, palaeontologists have found. The ...

A mysterious tusked animal depicted in South African rock art might portray an ancient species preserved as fossils in the same region, according to a study published September 18, 2024 in the ...