Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

A new study suggests that some plesiosaurs, in addition to fishy scales on their flippers, had humanlike skin on their tail regions, similar to the features of some living sea turtle species.Credit ...

Scientists at Lund University analyzed soft tissue from a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil, discovering both smooth and ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species.

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since palaeontologists uncovered ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The ...

The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species, may have been aided in its underwater hunting endeavors by turtle-like ... known about the external anatomy of the ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the ...

However, the actual external appearance of these famous Mesozoic ... including ancient sea turtles and ichthyosaurs. With only around eight known fossil tissue samples to date, plesiosaurs have ...