The discovery of a well-preserved fossil is helping researchers learn more about an iconic Jurassic-period dinosaur.

The tissues of the MH7 fossil were so precisely preserved that researchers could study individual skin cells. In some samples ...

While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...

A 183-million-year-old plesiosaur fossil unveils rare skin details, reshaping our understanding of ancient marine life.

With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...

Reconstruction of the new plesiosaur with scales on the flipper and smooth scale-less skin along the body as informed by this new plesiosaur fossil. This is a significant update to how we reconstruct ...

which lived during the age of dinosaurs and went extinct at the same time, had scales similar to those of modern sea turtles. The 183-million-year-old, 4.5-metre-long plesiosaur fossil ...

Baminornis is a landmark discovery and ranks among the most important bird fossils unearthed since the discovery ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have examined fossilized soft tissue from a plesiosaur for the first time, revealing that the ancient marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. The study, ...

Restoration drawing of a Lambeosaurini dinosaur based on its fossils discovered in Sihui, Guangdong province. HAN ZHIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Scientists have confirmed that a set of skeletal fossils ...