A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Some paleontologists think that fossils recovered from Antarctica are evidence of birds similar to modern geese and ducks ...

A “pellet” found in a plesiosaur fossil unearthed in Kagoshima ... grasp it with their flippers or grind it with their sharp teeth. The researchers from Tokyo City University and the ...

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Their fossilized bones and teeth have been found in numerous countries ... 3 meters long (9.8 ft), and is one of only eight known plesiosaur fossils that includes soft tissue In a more recent ...

Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff Supported by By Sara Novak With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since paleontologists ...

Plesiosaurs evolved in a marine environment very different from today's ... Indeed, most organic tissues decompose quickly after the animal's death, leaving only hard parts like bones and teeth.

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 ...

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since paleontologists uncovered the first specimen more than two centuries ago.

The soft tissue of a plesiosaur has been studied in detail for the first time, revealing that the marine reptiles, which lived during the age of dinosaurs and went extinct at the same time ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have examined fossilized soft tissue from a plesiosaur for the first time, revealing that the ancient marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. The study, ...