The phrase
"ancient reptiles" refers to reptiles that lived a very long time ago, before humans existed.
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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.
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.
REPTILES were the pioneers of the interior of what is now North America — or so the
most ancient reptile prints ever found suggest.
Protect the future generations of
ancient reptiles by volunteering to help save sea turtles on Costa Rica's Carate beaches.
Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki grew up wandering the mountains of central Poland, once a stomping ground
for ancient reptiles and amphibians.
Some scientists are shaking up the dinosaur family tree and raising questions about which features define
the ancient reptiles, Carolyn Gramling reported in «New fossils are redefining what makes a dinosaur» (SN: 3/3/18, p. 18).
New research by UVM's Joe Roman and colleagues shows that
these ancient reptiles — with fossil records going back fifteen million years — are more endangered than previously realized: their remaining populations are actually three different species.
Examining museum specimens and wild turtles, the scientists uncovered deep evolutionary divisions in
this ancient reptile.
The research team postulates that
these ancient reptiles had a highly developed ability to discern color.
The fossilized remains of
the ancient reptiles were discovered and collected by hobby paleontologist Mary Luz Parra and her brothers Juan and Freddy Parra in the year 2007.
Like some living marine turtles,
the ancient reptile lacked a hard shell, so the find may shed light on how turtles evolved their defensive armor.
This series of images shows the reconstruction process for
the ancient reptile species Colobops noviportensis.
«Paleontologists put the bite on
an ancient reptile from New England.»
Scientists have formally given
an ancient reptile a name, more than 80 years after its fossils were found in Tanzania.
Scientists have formally given
an ancient reptile a name, over 80 years since its fossils were found in Tanzania.
Swim alongside sea turtles and learn about
these ancient reptiles found in the protected waters of Tulum.
Rising temperatures look set to produce male - only offspring in the tuatara, condemning
the ancient reptile species to extinction by 2085, computer modelling predicts.
This likely due to
all ancient reptiles being lumped together with dinosaurs, who are in turn lumped with dragons.