A remarkable plesiosaur fossil reveals that the extinct reptiles had scales like modern sea turtles, unlike the ichthyosaurs ...

A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Dive into the findings of the first detailed study of plesiosaur skin, which was a strange mosaic of textures.

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

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

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

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

Scientists examined a fossilized plesiosaur’s soft tissue, revealing a unique mix of smooth and scaly skin. Smooth skin ...