Paleontologists Discover a Rare 165-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Marine Reptile, Provide an Insight Into Its Evolution A great paleontological find shook the scientific world. A rare ...

A “pellet” found in a plesiosaur fossil unearthed in Kagoshima Prefecture indicates the prehistoric creature regurgitated indigestible parts of its prey, much like modern birds and alligators ...

A 200-million-year-old marine reptile fossil found by a dog in 2007 has finally gone on display. Experts spent 16 years working to extract and restore the 3.2m-long (10.5ft) plesiosaur skeleton.

The only other place that a similar skull fossil has been found is in the U.S. The Geiseltal Saxony-Anhalt is located south-west of Halle and was a lignite mining area until 1993. Numerous ...

the plesiosaur, and the dolphin-like ichthyosaur - and fossil evidence reveals that it would have even feasted on other passing pliosaurs. How this fossil skull was recovered is extraordinary.

These include many type and figured skeletons of plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and marine crocodiles, including: The collection also contains other important marine reptile fossils from the Lower Lias of ...

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 ...