In a discovery that would make Mary Anning proud, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds stumbled upon what would turn out to be the biggest marine reptile fossil ever found while casually strolling along a ...

A landowner in Argentina discovered the fossilized remains of a prehistoric marine reptile, identified as an ichthyosaur, in the province of Neuquén.

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up.

Kronosaurus queenslandicus, a massive marine reptile, dominated the Eromanga Sea millions of years ago. Its powerful jaws, ...

Researchers in Canada have raised doubts about the authenticity of the fossil used to identify and describe a new species of extinct marine reptile, Xenodens calminechari, in 2021.

Juvenile elasmosaur discovered 2020. CREDIT: The Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre. This combination of unusual physical features potentially relates to its hunting style.

Mississippi State University scientists have discovered a massive bone belonging to a marine reptile that has been extinct for millions of years. The mosasaur vertebra, ... Mississippi State doctoral ...

A rare fossil discovery in Antarctica has upended scientific understanding of ancient marine reptiles. Buried beneath 68 million years of sediment, a soft-shelled egg as big as a football has ...