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 ...

A nearly complete fossil skeleton found on the U.K.'s Jurassic Coast represents a newly identified species of ancient marine reptile that lived alongside dinosaurs. The ichthyosaur, dubbed Xiphodracon ...

For 24 years, a nearly complete ichthyosaur skeleton gathered dust in a Canadian museum, overlooked amid thousands of fossils ...

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...

A landowner in Argentina’s Neuquén province reported the discovery of fossilized remains Authorities confirmed the find as an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile Crews worked with cultural ...

An ichthyosaur preserved beneath a Chilean glacier is helping scientists understand the extinct animals and the world around them as a supercontinent broke up. By Kenneth Chang About 131 million years ...