Plesiosaurs were a diverse group of marine reptiles that thrived during the Mesozoic era, particularly in the Cretaceous period. They are characterized by their unique body shapes, which typically ...

These include many type and figured skeletons of plesiosaurs, ichthyosaurs and marine crocodiles, including: The collection also contains other important marine reptile fossils from the Lower Lias of ...

The creature, a prehistoric plesiosaur, had a long neck ... “The discovery is pretty extraordinary, because the rock types at the site weren’t thought conducive to the preservation of bones ...