Palaeontology is the study of prehistoric species, mostly ones that are extinct. It focuses primarily on fossil data, using a variety of physical, chemical and biological techniques to analyse them.

At the time, paleontologist Ernst Stromer von Reichenbach (1871-1952) assigned the fossil to the genus Carcharodontosaurus, meaning shark-toothed lizard. Measuring about 10 metres long ...

A detailed 3D model of Punk and Emo, reconstructed as digital virtual fossils. Credit: Dr Mark Sutton / Imperial College Londo The discovery of two ancient fossils shows early mollusks were more ...

A 200-million-year-old marine reptile fossil found by a dog in 2007 has finally gone on display. Experts spent 16 years working to extract and restore the 3.2m-long (10.5ft) plesiosaur skeleton.