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 ...

A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ancient marine reptiles during the Early Jurassic. Unearthed from the ...

A 183-million-year-old fossil with exceptionally well-preserved soft tissues has revealed that some plesiosaurs were covered in both skin and scales, suiting them to a life stalking the seas for prey.

An "exceptionally well-preserved" fossil may hold the key to understanding plesiosaur evolution. The newly discovered plesiosaur fossil, uncovered in Germany, suggests that long-necked marine ...