The Devonian Period, spanning approximately 419–359 million years ago, represents a pivotal phase in South America’s deep-time history. Fossiliferous formations across the continent—particularly ...

The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era spanning approximately 419 to 359 million years ago, defined chronostratigraphically by its base at the first appearance of the conodont Ireviken ...

New findings by Australian and Chinese researchers shed light on how aquatic creatures made the transition to land.

New research reveals a chain of environmental disasters. These took place in what is today's South Africa, during an ancient time period called the Early-Middle Devonian. The crises led to the ...

A giant species of prehistoric lobe-finned fish, new to science, has been described in a study published in PLOS ONE. The lobe-finned fish, about three-metres long, referred to as ‘one who eats others ...

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Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction – and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, ‘groundbreaking’ new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...