Paleontologist Andre LuJan had an assist from nature with his latest exciting fossil find. Heavy rains helped expose a nearly complete skull of an enormous ancient salamander-like creature in a quarry ...

A fossilized skull of a massive amphibian has been discovered in a Texas quarry, and its appearance has sparked comparisons to an animated character from a beloved children’s film. Though the ...

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Artist’s reconstruction of Eryops megacephalus (left) and Paracyclotosaurus davidi (right). Image by Josè Vitor Silva.

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