The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species ...

The soft tissue of a plesiosaur has been studied in detail for the first time, revealing that the marine reptiles, which lived during the age of dinosaurs and went extinct at the same time, had ...

A 100-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found by a group of friends in the Australian outback. Scientists say the complete fossil is a rare and exciting discovery. Video by Isabelle Rodd ...

Scientists said they identified fossils of plesiosaurs in an ancient river system, which may indicate they lived in freshwater areas — like Loch Ness in Scotland — and not only seawater Jason ...

They had long necks, broad bodies, and four flipper-like limbs used for swimming. A rare process in which non-bony structures, such as skin or internal organs, are preserved in fossils, often ...

Caption Reconstruction of the new plesiosaur with scales on the flipper and smooth scale-less skin along the body as informed by this new plesiosaur fossil. This is a significant update to how we ...

An artist’s interpretation of a Jurassic plesiosaur. Fossils from a plesiosaur discovered in West Texas are the only fossils from a Jurassic vertebrate found and described in the state.

Rock and Gem has announced the arrival of its newest resident: “Mary Anne,” a cast of a Plesiosaur skeleton. This ...

An illustration of a plesiosaur by artist Neave Parker (1910-1961). As scientists find out more about ancient marine reptiles, our views on their body shapes are changing. Dr Smith says it is possible ...

Fossils are the imprinted remains of ancient ... a long necked reptile called a plesiosaur, a flying reptile and many other ancient sea creatures. Image caption, While Mary Anning was alive ...

Three amateur palaeontologists have uncovered a rare 100-million-year-old long-necked marine reptile fossil in outback Western Queensland. Credit: QUEENSLAND MUSEUM/PR IMAGE ...