The mix of features offers new clues to how plesiosaurs navigated prehistoric oceans. The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the trailing edge. A new study ...

A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...

The soft tissue of a plesiosaur has been studied in detail for the first time, revealing that the marine reptiles, which ...

A nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from Germany provides fresh insights into plesiosaur diversity and regional specialisation A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is ...

Plesiosaur specimen MH 7 with comparisons. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.001 A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found ...

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The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as a breakthrough that may provide vital clues about prehistoric life. The remains ...

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 suggests ...

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A remarkably preserved plesiosaur fossil has revealed both smooth and scaly skin, offering new clues about how this ancient sea creature swam and moved along the ocean floor. Some skin cells were so ...