A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is providing crucial evidence about the diversification of these ancient marine reptiles during the Early Jurassic. Unearthed from the ...

(Image Credit: Klaus Nilkens/Urwelt-Museum Hauff/Marx et al.) After making a splash in early 2025 with the identification of its 183-million-year-old fossilized skin, the plesiosaur fossil MH7 ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southern Germany is offering scientists new insights into the plesiosaur, one of the most mysterious marine reptiles of the Jurassic period. The nearly complete ...

A nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from Germany provides fresh insights into plesiosaur diversity and regional specialisation A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern Germany is ...

A nearly complete specimen of Plesiopterys wildi from Germany provides fresh insights into plesiosaur diversity and regional specialisation A newly described plesiosaur fossil from southern ...

A newly discovered plesiosaur fossil from Germany reveals that these ancient marine reptiles were evolving into distinct regional species far earlier than scientists believed. (Artist’s concept.) ...

Scientists discovered a new forest killifish in Kenya, revealing both evolutionary and tectonic history—but its habitat is highly endangered. A newly discovered species of killifish, Nothobranchius ...

An "exceptionally well-preserved" fossil may hold the key to understanding plesiosaur evolution. The newly discovered plesiosaur fossil, uncovered in Germany, suggests that long-necked marine ...

International scientists have uncovered the oldest known phosphatic stromatoporoid sponge, dating back approximately 480 million years to the Early Ordovician, in South China.