An unexpected discovery in Antarctica is challenging long-standing scientific assumptions. A massive egg fossil, recently ...

Learn what secrets this pregnant ichthyosaur reveals from the Early Cretaceous and why this find is so important.

The marine predator fossils represent one of the most complete plesiosaur specimens in the Perot Museum of Nature and Science ...

Mississippi State University researchers have uncovered a large mosasaur vertebra near Starkville, potentially the largest of ...

In Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the remarkably preserved remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur, nicknamed “Fiona,” ...

Long before neighborhoods sprawled across North Texas, ancient seas teemed with formidable marine reptiles. One of those long ...

The ancient fossil was discovered in Guizhou province ... which is shocking because it is more than any known marine reptile. Researchers during their hypothesis concluded that its flexible ...

Leard and Palmer are experienced scientists pursuing their doctoral degrees in earth and atmospheric sciences at MSU while continuing full-time work in the field. They plan to complete their degrees ...

The discovered fossil belongs to Mosasaurus hoffmanni, one of the largest species of these marine reptiles. This discovery provides new insights into the marine biodiversity of the Cretaceous period.

A fossilized creature found in a South African roadside quarry 25 years ago finally has an official name. The small, ...

The marine basin that Keurbos susanae ... hundreds of millions of years until it was discovered. It is preserved “inside out”. The site is in the Cedarberg mountains, north of Cape Town. To collect ...