The name Sahara itself comes from the Arabic word for desert. The English word desert comes from the Latin desertum, denoting a place that is forsaken, uninhabited or without people.In fact, the ...

The Sahara Desert , despite its extreme conditions, is home to over 100 reptiles, 70 mammals, and 90 species of birds. Spanning approximately 3.3 million square miles (8.6 million square ...

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert. This discovery ...

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert. This discovery ...

Giant Dinosaur Fossil Found in Sahara Desert. News. By Live Science Staff published 17 December 2008 ... Pterosaur tracks reveal flying reptiles were comfortable on land, too; ...

Ancient Humans in the Sahara Desert Were Feasting on Fish 10,000 Years Ago. ... while the team also found a small quantity of bird, reptile, mollusk and amphibian remains. Related Stories.

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco’s Sahara Desert. This discovery ...

In areas of the Sahara, paleontologists have found fossils they have identified as belonging to flesh-eating dinosaurs, flying reptiles called pterosaurs, and ancestors of modern crocodiles.