In the smooth limestone area of southern Germany, where lagoons glittered beneath a tropical sun, scientists are studying two tiny fossils, speaking across 150 million years. These remains are from ...

"When first encountering high concentrations of exposed fossil bone like bonebeds, it is often the ‘meadow’ of orange lichen that is noticed first." ...

Scientists say the earliest long-snouted fossil crocodile, which was around 12 feet long, lived about 80 million years ago.