Serpentine-necked, four-flippered plesiosaurs were among the most successful marine predators in the time of dinosaurs. A remarkably complete and well-preserved fossil has revealed that at least some ...

A rare dinosaur fossil has been unearthed in Australia — and its discovery could be groundbreaking. The Queensland Museum announced this week that the skeleton of a 100-million-year-old "long-necked ...

The plesiosaur is long extinct, but thanks to a biomechanical engineer, it has been reincarnated — as a robot. This new so-called “robosaur” reveals the secret behind the animal’s odd but powerful ...

Plesiosaurs were especially effective swimmer. These long extinct 'paddle saurians' propelled themselves through the World's oceans by employing 'underwater flight' -- similar to sea turtles and ...

Scientists found the creature's bones at the tip of Antarctica, a two-hour helicopter ride from Argentina's Marambio Base, according to Phys.org. At one point, this formed part of the Gondwana ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest plesiosaur skeleton, an underwater reptile that swam in Earth’s oceans 201 million years ago. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or ...

WASHINGTON - The remains of a giant sea creature are providing the first proof that these prehistoric reptiles gave birth to their young rather than laying eggs. Plesiosaurs, which lived at the time ...

The fossil bones of a giant, long-necked swimming reptile from the age of the dinosaurs have resolved a long-held mystery about the animals and how they reproduced. Those denizens of ancient seas - ...

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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 ...

The remains of an ancient marine reptile that once torpedoed through the ocean with powerful flippers were found in a mud pit in Germany and represent the oldest plesiosaur ever discovered.

"The fact that this guy had a body and head in the same animal is really important for us," said Dr. Espen Knutsen, senior curator of paleontology at the Queensland Museum Abigail Adams is a Human ...