A 183-million-year-old fossil with exceptionally well-preserved soft tissues has revealed that some plesiosaurs were covered ...

We report a virtually complete plesiosaur from the Lower Jurassic (∼183 Ma)3 Posidonia Shale of Germany that preserves skin ...

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

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 ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have analysed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The ...

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 ...

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, ...

The mix of features offers new clues to how plesiosaurs navigated prehistoric oceans. The tip of a right flipper of the new plesiosaur fossil, with two scales along the trailing edge. A new study ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...