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.

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

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

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 ...

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

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

Analysis of the fossil skin of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur revealed that it had a mixture of smooth and scaly skin.

This plesiosaur apparently died before completely spitting up the pellet, they said. Modern-day eagles, hawks and owls, as well as alligators and snakes, are known to produce pellets.