The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species, may have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea ...

The discovery of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil in Germany has provided scientists with unprecedented insights into ...

The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period species. The plesiosaur, considered a successful marine predatory ancient species, may have ...

Robert Clark, Academic Laboratory Manager and Adjunct Professor at Marshall University, says Traskasaura sandrae is from the elasmosaur family of plesiosaurs. They are some of the longest plesiosaurs ...

In the rolling hills of southwest Germany, there is a rock layer that has yielded some of the most spectacular marine fossils in the world. Known as the Posidonia Shale, this 183-million-year-old ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — Researchers from Marshall University in West Virginia have helped make a breakthrough in the world of paleontology. While working with an international investigative team ...

A year after the first Jurassic-era bone fragments were found in the Malone Mountains of West Texas, a new ancient discovery popped up in Celina. Steve Schliesing, a 61-year old mechanical engineer, ...

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University researchers, working with an international investigative team from Chili and Canada, have identified a group of fossils as belonging to a new genus of sea creature ...

Paleontology researchers in Europe have identified a new species of ancient marine reptile – often referred to as a "Jurassic sea monster" or "sea dragon" – that existed nearly 183 million years ago.