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

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 ...

(Image Credit: Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff/Marx et al.) After making a splash in early 2025 with the identification of its 183-million-year-old fossilized skin, the plesiosaur fossil MH7 ...

Plesiosaurs were large marine reptiles that thrived in the oceans of the Mesozoic era, dominating the seas while dinosaurs ruled the land. Characterized by their long necks and small heads ...

Researchers found a new fossil of a marine dinosaur, Plesiopterys wildi, which gives clues to early life during ancient times.

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 ...

A nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from Germany provides fresh insights into plesiosaur diversity and regional specialisation A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern ...