Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This illustration shows the washed-up carcass of a Ichthyotitan severnensis, a newly identified species of marine reptile that ...

Paleontologists have announced the discovery of a colossal marine reptile that may be the largest ever to have roamed Earth's oceans. The newly identified species, described in a study published in ...

In short: A fossil jawbone that was found on an English beach by an 11-year-old girl and her father has been identified as an icthyosaur. The ichthyosaur is estimated to have been between 22 and 26 ...

New fossil discoveries are forcing scientists to redraw the boundaries of ancient oceans, suggesting that some of the most formidable marine predators did not always stay at sea. From gigantic ...

A newly described species of marine reptile could be the largest to ever swim the world’s oceans. The “giant fish lizard” lived more than 200 million years ago, and may give the blue whale a run for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A washed-up Ichthyotitan severnensis carcass on the beach. Scientists have unearthed the remains of a gigantic, 200 ...

The fossilized remains of a second gigantic jawbone measuring more than two meters long has been found on a beach in Somerset, UK. Experts have identified the bones as belonging to the jaws of a new ...

In late May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her father, Justin Reynolds, drove to Blue Anchor, a seaside village in Somerset in southwest England, to hunt for fossils along the beach. Upon ...

(Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among ...

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