Plesiosaurs gained their famous long necks rapidly, researchers have shown. Their lengthy necks, used for chasing fast-moving fishes, developed quickly over a five million year period around 250 ...

A study published in PeerJby paleontologists Sven Sachs and Daniel Madzia has reclassified a nearly complete plesiosaur skeleton found in 1978 in Holzmaden, Germany, as a new genus and species. Named ...

Plesiosaurs, erroneously viewed as dinosaurs, inhabited all the seas between 200 million and 65 million years ago. In the Peninsula, only scarce remains of these long-necked reptiles had been found.

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.

Plesiosaurs gained their famous long necks rapidly, researchers have shown. Their lengthy necks, used for chasing fast-moving fishes, developed quickly over a five million period around 250 million ...