India’s First Silesaurid Is a Dinosaur Cousin With Forward-Jutting Teeth
A small skull from Madhya Pradesh reveals Rewasaurus minori, India’s first definitive silesaurid: a Late Triassic dinosaur cousin with forward-pointing teeth.
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Reptiles
Reptile fossil news beyond the dinosaurs: Triassic oddities, monstersaur lizards, shell-eating lizards, crocodilians and survivor turtles.
New 12-foot Cretaceous Crocodilian Species Discovered in Patagonia
Paleontologists have found a new species of crocodilians, Kostensuchus atrox, measuring almost 12 feet (3.5m) and weighing roughly 250kg.
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New Apex “Megaraptor” Dinosaur May Have Hunted Crocodiles
Scientists found a new megaraptor fossil in Patagonia, with a crocodile leg in its teeth. Megaraptorans may have been apex predators.
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Huge Cretaceous Monstersaur Lived With Dinosaurs; Now Discovered in Museum Jar
Paleontologists undertook an arduous deep dig in trenches of… a museum in Utah. They found armored lizard bones. Named Bolg amondol, this newly identified lizard lived in the Late Cretaceous, around 76 million years ago.
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First Evidence of Shell-Eating Lizards Found in Cretaceous India
Researchers in India have found the first fossil evidence of durophagous lizards (lizards adapted to eat hard-shelled prey) from the Late Cretaceous period.
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Mirasaura: A Triassic Reptile Like Nothing You’ve Seen
Paleontologists have revealed a wondrous new reptile from the Triassic called Mirasaura. It had a stunning crest of long, feather-like appendages.
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