The Stolleklint Clay and the Fur Formation constitute together an impressive treasure trove with abundant fossils from the ancient sea, as well as flora and fauna from the adjacent land areas. In ...

According to four articles published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, Chinese researchers reported finding fish fossils that provided the "missing link" about the origin of the jaw, a key trait ...

The English longhorn cattle are standing on top of an early Jurassic clay layer containing abundant fossils The couple found the fish head in a grassy bank behind a cow shed in the village of ...

A ferocious-looking fossil fish has been unearthed from a remarkable ... longhorn cattle are standing on top of an early Jurassic clay layer containing abundant fossils The couple found the ...

Now, decades after its original discovery, scientists have taken a more careful look at the well-preserved ammonite and the fossil fish it was seemingly nestled against. What they found surprised ...

Jawed fish eventually crawled out of the seas millions of years ago and gave rise to the jawboning vertebrates we are today. But when did such an evolutionary innovation arise? A pair of fossil ...