In several reptile lineages (except anapsids), openings developed in the solid dermal skull roof. Jaw muscles go through these temporal openings and attach to outer surface of the cranium, permitting ...

It is hard to know exactly how many species of reptile there are today, as new ones are being discovered and named all the time. It is thought though that there are around 10,000 different types ...

Ichthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They evolved separately around 250 million ...

During the Triassic, between 252-200 million years ago, marine reptiles rapidly diversified into many different forms as they spread around the world. Some of the best known are the plesiosaurs and ...

University of Bristol 3D reconstruction of the fossil fragments Ms Patrick said: "During the Triassic, there was a flurry of different reptile groups emerging related to modern crocodiles ...