A 205-million-year-old prehistoric reptile bone found on a beach in England belongs to a giant ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals that ever lived, according to an international team of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. About 246 million years ago, a marine reptile roughly the length of ...

Scientists have described a giant new species of ichthyosaur that evolved its 55-foot-long body size only a few million years after the lizards returned to the seas. By Sabrina Imbler About 246 ...

A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine reptile to swim ...

Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have ever lived, reports a new paper in the peer-reviewed Journal of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Paleontologists already know that the extinct marine reptile ...

The stomach of a 15-foot fossil ichthyosaur excavated in China contained this massive chunk of another large marine reptile. The ichthyosaur swallowed its prey shortly before it died and was ...

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Picture a dolphin the size of a tractor-trailer with reptilian blood in its veins. Now picture it swimming after giant squid in a tropical ocean that covered Nevada roughly 220 million years ago. Meet ...

Meaning: Keilhauia honors pioneering Arctic geologist Baltazar Mathias Keilhau, while nui is after Natur og Undom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway). Age: Cretaceous, 144 million years ago. Where in ...

The 205-million-year-old jaw bone of a prehistoric reptile belongs to 'one of the largest animals ever' say a group of international paleontologists. The new discovery has also solved a 150-year-old ...

The massive jawbone of a 205-million-year-old ichthyosaur has been discovered in southwestern England, making it "one of the largest animals to ever live" — it was nearly the size of a blue whale. The ...