Life reconstruction of the large-sized Jurassic ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus. “The soft tissue preservation in this fossil is just one of these amazing discoveries that you stumble across once in a ...

Some ichthyosaurs are too old, and some ichthyosaurs are too young. But a new species of marine reptile is the perfect age - that is, for revealing one of the most mysterious periods in the ...

3D models of the nine ichthyosaurs analyzed by the researchers, shown in their evolutionary context. Credit: Gutarra et al., 2019) 3D models of the nine ichthyosaurs analyzed by the researchers, shown ...

While dinosaurs ruled the land, large ichthyosaurs stalked their prey across prehistoric oceans—and according to new research, they hunted in lethal silence. Scientists analyzed a well-preserved, ...

Millions of years ago, giant marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs were the dominant predators of the world's oceans. Researchers have now unearthed what may have been the largest of these creatures, an ...

Several similar large, fossilized bone fragments have been discovered in various regions across Western and Central Europe since the 19th century. The animal group to which they belonged is still the ...

Meet the “Sword Dragon”, a newly-named species of ichthyosaur – predatory prehistoric reptiles that dominated the oceans while dinosaurs ruled the land. The beautifully-preserved fossilised skeleton ...

"This article expands the theme of an exhibit in the Department of Geology at the National Museum of Wales." siris_sil_281871 ...

An artist's reconstruction of the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus (left), featured in the study, and researchers examining part of the creature's flipper at Sweden's Lund University (right).

Scientists say a teenager and her father discovered fossilized pieces of a jawbone that belonged to an ancient marine reptile — perhaps the largest ichthyosaur ever found. Millions of years ago, giant ...