He created a replica from the phytosaur’s mold that he can cut apart, sculpt, and otherwise fix to look like natural, symmetrical bone and not a Triassic pancake. A staff member pours a fossil ...

It's a fitting discovery in the Year of the Dragon: A team of scientists has uncovered a complete fossil of an aquatic reptile that resembles a "Chinese dragon" because of its snake-like ...

The Year of the Dragon is off to an exciting paleontological ... [Related: Bite marks on Triassic fossils show signs of bloody dino decapitation.] Dinocephalosaurus lived in what is now China ...

Here’s how it works. Scientists have unveiled stunning fossils of an ancient seaborne "dragon" discovered in China. The 240 million-year-old animal — nicknamed the "Chinese dragon" — belongs ...

A team of international scientists have discovered 240-million-year-old fossils from the Triassic period in China that one scientist described as a "long and snake-like, mythical Chinese dragon." ...

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Old-school paleontologists would have frowned upon a colleague referring to a fossil find as anything like a dragon. Certainly in the early days of this branch of science, it must have been a tad ...

After years of examining a bounty of bones discovered by an amateur fossil hunter on a beach in ... and “draco” the Latin word for “dragon,” a reference to its sea dragon-like qualities.

PALEONTOLOGISTS have uncovered a "remarkably" well preserved "dragon" fossil in China that dates back to 240-million-years ago. The complete fossil - a rarity considering it's size - is of a 16ft ...

(KTLA) — An international team of scientists has released images of what they say is a 240 million-year-old aquatic reptile fossil that resembles the long, snake-like features of a mythical ...