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

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

A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A ...

We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...

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 ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

You might think that after 200 million years, we would have learned all we're ever going to know about plesiosaurs. Such is ...

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