Ichthyosaurs Had Surprisingly Dense Ribs, New Study Finds
Long before whales ruled the oceans, dolphin-shaped marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs patrolled the same waters. New research from…
Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur
For more than a century, paleontologists studying the Late Jurassic seas that once covered southern Germany believed only…
Fossil of Long and Narrow-Snouted Ichthyosaur Uncovered in England
University of Manchester paleontologist Dean Lomax and his colleagues have identified a new genus and species of leptonectid…
Sword-snouted dragon that swam with dinosaurs found on UK’s Jurassic Coast
A new species of ancient marine reptile has been identified from exceptionally well-preserved fossilized remains unearthed in the…