The remains of a giant "sea monster" found in a Mississippi riverbed have been determined to belong to the largest mosasaur ever identified in the state.

Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...

For the first time, a fossilized true cicada has been described from the Messel Pit deposits. Eoplatypleura messelensis is ...

Geologists have uncovered the fossil of a mosasaur, an ancient aquatic predator, in Mississippi. Often referred to as a “sea ...

Mosasaurs were some of the most fearsome apex predators to ever stalk the Cretaceous era’s oceans. And according to ...

The find came in the fossil-rich outcrops of northeast Mississippi, near Starkville in the Prairie Bluff Formation, according ...

Geologists near Starkville found a bone of a Mosasaurus hoffmannii, one of the biggest species of mosasaurs, which could ...

For several years, Otis Sullens pursued a career in mining, breathing in the dust and toxins that later contributed to his death. Yet the name of this Miller County native is remembered for his ...

The fossil Keurbos susanae, or Sue, in the rock. Credit: University of Leicester A study from the University of Leicester describes a newly identified fossil species that is 444 million years old, ...

In February, scientific journal Palaeontologia Electronica published “Following their footsteps: Report of vertebrate fossil tracks from John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon ...

The research team identified crayfish fossils from eight jaw fragments, each just 4mm long, which were painstakingly sifted from 100kg of fossil-laden mud. The study shows at least three crayfish ...

Sensing the familiar jolt of adrenaline that surged anytime she came across a fossil, she called out to her husband, Patrick, who was digging nearby. Carefully, the two amateur paleontologists ...