The remains of an ancient marine reptile that once torpedoed through the ocean with powerful flippers were found in a mud pit in Germany and represent the oldest plesiosaur ever discovered.

The ancient world was a bizarre place, populated by peculiar creatures that defied imagination, from the depths of the ocean to the highest reaches of the sky. Among them was the fearsome plesiosaur, ...

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco’s Sahara Desert. This discovery suggests ...

When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the oceans. Famous for their incredibly long necks -- some of which were up to 7 meters long -- plesiosaurs have remained an evolutionary mystery for ...

The discovery of a giant 100 million-year-old marine reptile's skeleton in Australia has been hailed by researchers as a breakthrough that may provide vital clues about prehistoric life.The remains of ...

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New fossils uncovered in the Sahara Desert show that the plesiosaur, a dinosaur-era sea beast often pegged to be the Loch Ness monster, was able to live in freshwater. Sightings of the Loch Ness ...