Move over, professional paleontologists - the next generation of fossil hunters has arrived! In a discovery that would make Mary Anning proud, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds stumbled upon what would ...

The fossil was initially discovered during a 1978 geological ... because of its implications for the understanding of marine reptile evolution and migration. The age and location of the fossil ...

Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in the Southern Hemisphere, shining a new light on the early evolution of marine mammals.

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.

members of Squadron 31 in Las Lajas worked to safely recover the fossil, which was later identified as belonging to an ichthyosaur—a marine reptile that lived during the Mesozoic era.

The 36 well-preserved cervical vertebrae and 50 neck bones indicate that Traskasaura had a very long neck. While not much is known about its behavior, the “fascinating and long list of autapomorphic ...

Researchers have discovered ... ancient oceanic reptile, known as an ichthyosaur, on a remote Arctic island, offering new evidence of how the creature may have evolved. The fossil was found ...

Scientists say a teenager and her father discovered fossilized pieces of jawbone that belonged to an ichthyosaur, an ancient marine reptile. This... Scientists say a teenager and her father ...