Some 240 million years ago, the Triassic predator Brevicaudosaurus jiyangshanensis skulked, ... small-headed marine reptiles with fangs, flipper-like limbs and a long neck.

The unusual armaments of Triassic marine reptiles are a sign of life’s resilience in the aftermath of near-destruction. [For another take on Parahupehsuchus and what that “body tube” is all ...

The Triassic period represents a pivotal chapter in Earth’s history, marking not only the recovery from the Permo‐Triassic mass extinction but also a remarkable burst in marine reptile diversity.

New clues from ancient seas are reshaping what we know about mass extinction and the future of our oceans. In a recent ...

No animal alive today looks quite like a duck-billed platypus, a semi-aquatic, egg-laying mammal hailing from eastern Australia. But about 250 million years ago, something very similar swam the ...

A new species of short-necked marine reptile from the Triassic period has been discovered in China, according to a study published December 17, 2014 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Xiao ...

WASHINGTON – In a warm shallow sea about 240 million years ago in what is now southwestern China, a large dolphin-like marine reptile attacked and swallowed an almost equally big lizard-like … ...

Bite marks on Triassic fossils show signs of bloody dino decapitation Aquatic dinosaurs evolved long, inflexible necks—an asset for foraging, but also a liability. By Sara Kiley Watson ...

Different forms of long-necked marine reptiles were very common across a period of around 175 million years. For comparison, there have only been 66 million years between our lives and when the T ...

The discovery of a giant marine reptile skull in the United States has revealed new theories about the speed of evolution and how quickly the process can produce diversity.

In the Mesozoic, the time of the dinosaurs, from 252 to 66 million years ago, marine reptiles such as ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs were top predators in the oceans. But their origins and early ...