Meet Plesiopterys wildi, the marine reptile that may have been endemic to its region and may hold the key to understanding ...

In the course of their evolution, the flight capabilities of pterosaurs improved. Whereas most early forms still had rather short wings and a long tail, the derived subgroup of pterodactyloids had ...

Scientists suggest that bigger brains in bird ancestors led to more flexible skulls, playing a key role in their evolution.

Yet birds differ from their reptile ancestors in many important ways. A turning point in their evolution was the development of larger brains, which in turn led to changes in the size and shape of ...

This significant find sheds light on early reptile evolution during the Triassic period, highlighting the animal's ability to hunt on both land and in water. The discovery fills a crucial gap in ...

Evolution of the skull The skull is a skeletal structure found ... This limited the size of the muscle. Very early in reptile history, changes to ancestral condition occurred in the nature of muscle ...

The findings highlight the Early Jurassic as a crucial period for plesiosaur evolution, as early forms diversified and set the stage for later groups that would dominate marine ecosystems.

Mary Anning's brother Joseph found the skull in 1810 and Mary found parts of the neck a year later. Our collection contains many marine reptile specimens from the Lower Lias of the Dorset coast, ...