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 dinosaur.

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.

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

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

Scaly or smooth? That has long been one of paleontology’s enduring questions about the plesiosaur. While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s ...

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.

A “pellet” found in a plesiosaur fossil unearthed in Kagoshima Prefecture indicates the prehistoric creature regurgitated indigestible parts of its prey, much like modern birds and alligators ...

It was found near the site where a plesiosaur fossil was unearthed in 2004, the board of education announced on Aug. 26. A research team said the two fossilized species are some of the oldest in ...