Scientists have described a new species of procolophonid reptile, notable for its unique teeth and jaw, found at a fossil hotspot in southern England. The former quarry in Cromhall, South ...

Only a handful of mammals can regrow teeth multiple times, compared to the 50,000 species of reptiles and fish. Take geckos, for example, who will replace all 100 teeth, or so, every 3 to 4 months.

an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles, has been unearthed in Morocco. The newly discovered species is a marine lizard known for having unusual-looking teeth: low, rectangular, and compressed ...

A puncture in the fossilized neck of a winged reptile that flew with the dinosaurs suggests the creature became a feast for a ...

3. Dermal skull roof or dermatocranium A shield of membrane or dermal bone covering the top and sides of the head and extending down to the jaw rims, with a marginal row of teeth. In amphibians & stem ...

In 2021, scientists identified a new mosasaur species upon the discovery of a Cretaceous-period jaw with unusual teeth in a Moroccan ... species of extinct marine reptile, Xenodens calminechari ...

Suddenly, a large croc surged out of the water in an ambush and sank its teeth into the ... a type of flying reptile called a pterosaur, that may have died in just such a scenario.