A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...
An international research team from Switzerland and Germany, led by Gaël Spicher (JURASSICA Museum, Porrentruy, Switzerland), has described a new ichthyosaur species based on fossils curated at the ...
A new species of ancient "sword dragon" marine reptile has been discovered in a set of fossils found in England, according to researchers. Named Xiphodracon goldencapsis, the new species is an ...
When Joe Davis crossed a drained lagoon island at Rutland Water Nature Reserve in February 2021, he noticed something strange ...
Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specialisations, scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed. Their findings, published today in Journal of Anatomy, suggest that physical ...
Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specializations, scientists have revealed. Early Jurassic ichthyosaur juveniles show predatory specialisations, scientists at the University of ...