Imagine a world where enormous beasts clash beneath the waves, locked in a struggle for survival. Picture a creature as long ...

But that may be a bit of a misnomer, because that label suggests ... of years by analyzing skull and teeth shape of different species over time. Jaws lined with sharp dagger-like teeth were most ...

All crocodile relatives with such serrated teeth would also have had ball-and-socket joints between vertebrae. In sebecids, that part of the spinal anatomy is flattened. It’s the first record of ...

The print is thought to have been left by a Neovenator — a carnivore that could reach 25 ... been dubbed 'Wightia declivirostris' — lacked teeth and is related to a group of pterosaurs known ...

It’s the Sistine Chapel of comparative anatomy. Photo credit ... Photo credit: Song Z. The carnivore skulls, with their specialized teeth for slicing meat, sit near the flat-toothed herbivore skulls ...

These powerful carnivores are instantly recognizable by their namesake feature—elongated upper canine teeth that could reach up to 7 inches ... robustness in adulthood than modern felines. Their skull ...

What identified Pakicetus as a whale ancestor was its distinctive skull features, particularly the ear region that showed early adaptations for underwater hearing. These specialized ear bones, known ...

Imagine a crocodile built like a greyhound—that's a sebecid. Standing tall, with some species reaching 20 feet in length, ...

A recent study published in Papers in Palaeontology describes the discovery and identification of a new species of ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...