The UK west Dorset coast is well known for its fossils. The so-called ‘Jurassic Coast’ has yielded numerous specimens that ...

Some ichthyosaurs are too old, and some ichthyosaurs are too young. But a new species of marine reptile is the perfect age - that is, for revealing one of the most mysterious periods in the ...

Find out what fossils have revealed about ichthyosaurs, which included the biggest marine reptile that ever lived.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A nearly complete fossil skeleton found on the U.K.'s Jurassic Coast represents a newly identified species of ancient marine ...

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

This provides new opportunities to understand reproduction in animals that have long been extinct,' says a researcher.

A fossil unearthed along the coast of England was identified as a new species of a renowned “sword dragon” reptile that dominated the sea during the Jurassic Period. The nearly complete ichthyosaur ...

From left to right: Dr. Hirokazu Yukawa, Professor Takafumi Kato, and Curator Kyoko Ikari examine the Triassic fossil-bearing rock that led to the discovery of Japan’s first ichthyosaur from western ...