Tag: Paleontology

The Unusual Story of a Pterosaur Found in Brazil That Was Really a Fish

Georges Cuvier, the 19th-century French anatomist who first recognized pterodactyls as flying reptiles, wrote ...

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David Unwin
Tyrannosaurus rex spanned all of ancient North America, and about 20,000 lived at once. 1Ado123/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Earth Had 2.5 Billion Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Revelations

During 2.4 million years of existence on Earth, a total of 2.5 billion Tyrannosaurus ...

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Ashley Poust and Daniel Varajão de Latorre