Reptiles first appear in the fossil record 315 million years ago and were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic era, which lasted for 270 million years until the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The Permian ... of animals that had existed in the oceans for close to 300 million years. Dr Paul Kenrick is a researcher at the Museum who specialises in fossil plants. He explains that it was not ...

Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight ... The fossil record shows that birds evolved alongside the dinosaurs during the Jurassic period 160 million years ago. The best known fossil ...