A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil suggests several species of the long-necked marine dinosaur roamed the oceans 180 million years ago. The nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from ...

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The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species, may ...

Plesiosaurs were characterized by having small heads on long necks, broad bodies and four large, paddle-like limbs. The mythical Loch Ness Monster is usually depicted as a plesiosaur.

“Plesiosaur fossils have been known for decades in British Columbia,” O’Keefe, who is an acknowledged expert on marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, said.

Rare Fossil of 183-Million-Year-Old ‘Sea Monster’ Reveals Both Smooth and Scaly Skin For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

A plesiosaur fossil, preserved in Posidonia Shale and stored for 75 years, reveals that at least one type of this marine reptile had scales on its flippers similar to modern sea turtles.

MU’s new published research on fossil plesiosaur Traskasaura sandrae The API failed to deliver the resource. Professor Robert Clark on Studio 3.

The skeleton is about 3 meters long (9.8 ft), and is one of only eight known plesiosaur fossils that includes soft tissue Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff ...

Plesiosaur fossils can be found all over the world, Marx said. The combination of both smooth and scaly skin is unusual, and it had different functions, the researchers said.

“Plesiosaur fossils have been known for decades in British Columbia,” O’Keefe, who is an acknowledged expert on marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, said.