Traskasaura sandrae is a "very odd" mix of primitive and derived traits. A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found ...

The new species has been named Traskasaura sandrae, ... Fossil Mystery Reveals New Species Of 85-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster, ... Its victims were most likely the abundant ammonites found here, ...

A name for the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia: a strange new elasmosaur taxon from the Santonian of Vancouver Island. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology , 2025; 23 (1) DOI: 10.1080 ...

Meet Sphenodraco scandentis, a tree-dwelling, lizard-like reptile that roamed around with the dinosaurs during the Late ...

An iconic and much-loved ancient sea monster has been revealed to be an entirely new and "very odd" species of plesiosaur—solving a nearly 40-year-old fossil mystery.. Traskasaura sandrae, which ...

The team of researchers discovered a large number of squid fossils from rocks of the late Cretaceous period using a technique ...

Fossils are made in lots of different ways, like these Jurassic ammonites which are a now extinct species of mollusc. 1 of 4. ... this ammonite fossil ended up on dry land.

Fossil species, therefore, ... These include hard-shelled invertebrates such as trilobites, ammonites and miniature ostracods—organisms that leave dense, common remains.

A prehistoric sea monster never-before-known to man was hunting prey in North America 85 million years ago, fossils found decades ago in Canada reveal. The first set of fossils, found in 1988 ...