Pliosaurs, part of the broader group of marine reptiles known as plesiosaurs, roamed the world’s oceans during the Late Jurassic period, approximately 150 million years ago. This particular skull, ...

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Many fossil Pokemon are based on dinosaurs, such as Tyranitar resembling a T-Rex, and Lapras inspired by a Plesiosaur. Various Pokemon, like Aerodactyl and Sceptile, draw inspiration from ...

A new fossil discovery may rewrite Australia’s Cretaceous Period evolutionary history. Paleontologists led by Museums Victoria Research Institute and Monash University uncovered what they believe is ...

Fossilized soft tissue is exceptionally rare in plesiosaur fossils. The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The ...

Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil has revealed that at least some ...

The discovery of preserved skin on a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur is revolutionizing our understanding of these extinct marine reptiles. By analyzing the soft tissues of this fossil, researchers ...

The age of the dinosaurs may conjure images of large, fearsome reptiles in the minds of many – but those were far from the only lifeforms walking the planet. In fact, some of the earliest bird species ...

A study recently published in the scientific journal Current Biology represents the first in-depth analysis of soft tissues from a fossilized plesiosaur, specifically a 183-million-year-old ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have examined fossilized soft tissue from a plesiosaur for the first time, revealing that the ancient marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. The study, ...