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Two fossilized specimens, each less than 2.5 inches in length, were originally thought to be plants. Now, scientists say they are preserved hatchling turtles. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, ...

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

Everything has its pecking order, and geology is no exception. The cocks of the rocks are the big, swaggering periods of the past that fill books, television programmes and natural-history museums.