A fresh analysis of more than 25,000 volcanic rock samples has rewritten our understanding of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, revealing it was significantly more expansive than previously realized. According to the research, this massive landmass...

Africa, instead pointing toward a complex, mosaic landscape of diverse, localized ecosystems within the supercontinent Gondwana. Excavating the Triassic Record The partial skeleton, which includes critical diagnostic elements such as vertebrae, limb...

predator‑prey chain that unfolded over 100 million years ago in the ancient Eromanga Sea. The specimen, now described in Gondwana Research, shows an ichthyosaur that swallowed a pterosaur before falling victim to the massive pliosaur Kronosaurus...

study. Three-dimensional reconstruction of KK F1435 showing skull, stomach contents, skeletal elements, and bite marks ©Gondwana Research The pterosaur fragments were located within a rounded mass interpreted as the ichthyosaur’s stomach contents,...

koalas, wombats and wallabies are thought to have arrived in Australia roughly 55 million years ago as the supercontinent Gondwana fragmented. While the broad pattern of their spread is fairly well mapped, the earliest branches of their evolutionary...

America between 140 and 120 million years ago, a time when these landmasses were still connected within the supercontinent Gondwana. The name Dasosaurus pays homage to the local landscape, derived from the word for “forest” to reflect the dense, tangled...

Landscape The Botucatu Formation represents an ancient, vast desert environment that existed before the supercontinent Gondwana underwent its final fragmentation. The researchers hypothesize that the absence of large, competing dinosaurs in this...

history. Long before the onset of the current polar climate, Antarctica was a vibrant component of the supercontinent Gondwana, sharing a landmass with modern-day Africa, South America, and Australia. The region was once defined by lush forests and...

the tracks appear. When it returns, they vanish again. Yet those brief moments are enough. They show that, long after Gondwana began to break apart, dinosaurs were still walking along muddy shores at the edge of an ancient continent. The footprints may...

of the largest and most recent representatives of the enigmatic Alvarezsauridae family found on the southern landmass of Gondwana. The discovery, detailed in the journal Cretaceous Research, encompasses more than just a partial skeleton. Researchers...