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

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

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

Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...

Soft tissue preservation in fossils does not seem to depend upon the species, age or burial environment of the fossils in ...

We wanted to test several hypotheses with this work – the first one being whether we would be able to retrieve these tissues ...

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

An unassuming brown pebble, found ... tissue has been so well-preserved is that the dinosaur’s brain was essentially ‘pickled’ in a highly acidic and low-oxygen body of water – similar to a bog or ...

Additionally, bones and tracks don't line up exactly - the bones lack the soft tissue that was part of the foot or hand that made the print Bones found close to a tracksite are unlikely to belong to ...