The Norian Chinle Formation in the Southwestern United States provides a snapshot into an ancient terrestrial ecosystem with its famous petrified tree trunks and various plant and vertebrate remains.

A team of paleontologists led by Virginia Tech's Michelle Stocker and Sterling Nesbitt of the Department of Geosciences have identified fossil fragments of what are thought to be the oldest known ...

It's possible that during the Triassic period, the crocodile-like phytosaur snapped at a frog-like creature, but missed. It's a good thing it did, because 216 million years later, paleontologists have ...

Palaeontologists found the remains of a ‘Chinle frog’ which lived 216 million years ago. While the time of the dinosaur are largely thought of as having gigantic creatures walking the planet, the ...

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This past summer a paleontological team led by Virginia Tech professors Sterling Nesbitt and Michelle Stocker discovered an extremely rare frog fossil in the Chinle formation near Petrified Forest ...

Boulder, Colo., USA: The Norian Chinle Formation in the Southwestern United States provides a snapshot into an ancient terrestrial ecosystem with its famous petrified tree trunks and various plant and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's possible that during the Triassic period, the crocodile-like phytosaur snapped at a ...