Life reconstruction of the large-sized Jurassic ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus. “The soft tissue preservation in this fossil is just one of these amazing discoveries that you stumble across once in a ...

Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis ichthyosaur species found in Germany shows rare preservation and injuries linked to deep diving ...

While dinosaurs ruled the land, large ichthyosaurs stalked their prey across prehistoric oceans—and according to new research, they hunted in lethal silence. Scientists analyzed a well-preserved, ...

During an excavation, amidst the Patagonian winds and hard rock, a fossil began to turn green. It was an unexpected reaction: the adhesive applied to protect the bones, fragile after millions of years ...

Ichthyosaurs represent a diverse clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles that rapidly adapted to fully aquatic lifestyles following the end-Permian mass extinction. Their streamlined, 'fish-like' body plan, ...

An artist's reconstruction of the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus (left), featured in the study, and researchers examining part of the creature's flipper at Sweden's Lund University (right).