All articles tagged with #prehistoric marine reptiles
A nearly complete 240-million-year-old Lariosaurus fossil with preserved skin provides new insights into its swimming style, suggesting it used its forelimbs in a rowing motion similar to modern seals, which challenges previous assumptions about its propulsion methods.
Paleontologists in Germany have discovered a new species of long-necked marine reptile, Plesionectes longicollum, from the Jurassic period, expanding knowledge of ancient ocean ecosystems and highlighting the diversity of marine life in the Posidonia Shale fossil beds.
Scientists have identified a new genus and species of ancient sea reptile, Traskasaura sandrae, from fossils found in British Columbia, notable for its mix of primitive and advanced features, and its potential role as a predator of ammonites during the Late Cretaceous period.