A tooth unearthed by a seven-year-old boy at a fossil festival has been identified as being a rare find from an ancient mammal. James, from Wareham in Dorset found the tooth in sand brought for ...

The fossilized remains of the oldest known animal with “saber teeth” have been discovered ... scientists revealed the discovery of a fossil therapsid that’s the oldest of its kind, and ...

The sharp sword-shaped tooth fossil of the Gorgonopsia./Courtesy of Anna Sole Gorgonopsia was warm-blooded like mammals and had sharp, sword-like canine teeth similar to those of saber-toothed ...

The shapes, sizes and other features of the teeth also suggest the latest find is a new species. The scientists said they will work further on the matter. Three months after the mammal fossil was ...