Komodo dragons, the world’s largest species of lizard, have iron-tipped teeth that help them to rip their prey apart, ...

Researchers in Tunisia found the largest “worm lizard” that has ever lived with ... tooth on the maxilla and dentary, flat cheek teeth, and an array of other diagnostic features that readily ...

It’s not a ‘lizard-dog’ Gorgonopsians vanished around 252 million years ago, and their lineage died with them. All gorgonopsians had daggerlike canine teeth, and species ranged widely in size.

The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...

Nick Longrich/University of Bath/PA Wire The sea lizard's jaw and sharp teeth helped to eat its prey Khinjaria acuta is a member of a family of giant marine lizards known as mosasaurs, distant ...

Professor Benton added: “All the details of the skull, the jaws, the teeth, and the limb bones confirm that Cryptovaranoides is a lizard, not an archosauromorph. “In our new paper, we provide ...

The fossil examination suggests that the lizard was a carnivore, equipped with sharp, blade-like teeth. As per the research team, this dental adaptation would have allowed it to efficiently ...