Ichthyosaurus was a marine reptile that dominated the Mesozoic seas from the Triassic to the Late Cretaceous period. Resembling modern dolphins, they represent a prime example of convergent evolution, ...

A walk along the Somerset coastline in southwest England led to the discovery of one of the largest marine reptiles ever ...

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 a lizard-like marine reptile of almost the same size in ...

Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous oceans are known for enormous and fierce predators like pliosaurids with 2-meter-long jaws, toothy thalattosuchia crocodyliforms, and fast, fish-like ichthyosaurians ...

A newly discovered fossil of a giant dolphin-like reptile reveals how the creature survived severe injuries 180 million years ...

Lead author Judith Pardo-Pérez (left) with co-author Matt Malkowski in in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park, where the ichthyosaur fossil was discovered. Credit: Matt Malkowski. About 131 ...