Beaufort West lies in what is regarded as the world's richest collecting ground for ancient reptile fossils, and collections have made their way to museums not only in South Africa but also in Europe and the United States. (blog.sa-venues.com)
This beautifully preserved, nearly complete fossil is shedding new light on the evolution of the aquatic members of a small, enigmatic group of ancient reptiles called pleurosaurs. (sciencemag.org)
REPTILES were the pioneers of the interior of what is now North America — or so the most ancient reptile prints ever found suggest. (newscientist.com)