In a discovery that would make Mary Anning proud, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds stumbled upon what would turn out to be the biggest marine reptile fossil ever found while casually strolling along a ...

Mike Trask died on May 15, eight days before the publication of the peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology about Traskasaura sandrae, named in his honour.

A 246 million-year-old reptile fossil discovered by scientists in New Zealand has been identified as the oldest marine reptile fossil found in the Southern Hemisphere, according to a Swedish museum.

This primitive, 85-million-year-old marine reptile was a fierce predator, measuring 12 meters in length. Unlike any known ...

The marine reptile, which could grow to around 39 feet (12 meters ... was formally described by scientists in 2002 and dates back to between 86 and 83 million years ago. Other fossils found in the ...

A landowner in Argentina’s Neuquén province reported the discovery ... safely recover the fossil, which was later identified as belonging to an ichthyosaur—a marine reptile that lived during ...

The 36 well-preserved cervical vertebrae and 50 neck bones indicate that Traskasaura had a very long neck. While not much is ...

The 15-ton elasmosaur adds to evidence that a vibrant marine ecosystem existed ... and it is now one of the most complete ancient reptile fossils ever discovered in Antarctica.