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Discovery fuels Loch Ness Monster believers 03:35. The plesiosaur — an aquatic dinosaur once thought to exclusively reside in saltwater — is now believed to have spent much of its time in ...

British scientists say the recent discovery of a plesiosaur fossil in a freshwater river system shows the existence of lake-dwelling Loch Ness monster-type creature was "plausible." ...

Fossil preparator Tabatha Gabay works on remains of an ancient marine predator — a plesiosaur in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science fossil lab in Dallas, April 23, 2025. She was working on ...

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 ...

Scaly or smooth? That has long been one of paleontology’s enduring questions about the plesiosaur.While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s ...

Mr. Marx and colleagues analyzed three soft-tissue skin samples, each about the size of a fingernail, from a flipper and the tail of a 183 million-year-old long-necked plesiosaur specimen.

The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile’s skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as a breakthrough that may provide vital clues about prehistoric life.

The 183-million-year-old, 4.5-metre-long plesiosaur fossil, known as MH7, was first excavated from a quarry near Holzmaden, Germany, in 1940 but it was buried in a museum garden to protect it ...

He also said Loch Ness, where the monster was supposedly spotted, measures about 20 square miles. It's much too small to support a plesiosaur, and though there are lakes that support marine ...