So it seems plesiosaurs retained their reptilian scales after transitioning from land into their marine form, unlike other ...

Dolichorhynchops was a short-necked plesiosaur that used long ... making them too stiff for use on land but excellent for swimming fast. Though the creatures may have been able to dive deeply ...

A “pellet” found in a plesiosaur fossil unearthed in Kagoshima Prefecture indicates the prehistoric creature regurgitated indigestible parts of its prey, much like modern birds and alligators ...

emerged as top predators that dominated the food chain on land. Dinosaur embryo found curled up and ready to hatch like a bird In the Triassic ocean, marine reptiles such as the plesiosaurs were ...

It was found near the site where a plesiosaur fossil was unearthed in 2004, the board of education announced on Aug. 26. A research team said the two fossilized species are some of the oldest in ...