A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been confirmed through joint research by Okayama ...

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 ...

During an excavation, amidst the Patagonian winds and hard rock, a fossil began to turn green. It was an unexpected reaction: the adhesive applied to protect the bones, fragile after millions of years ...

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 ...

In the Patagonia region of Chile, Torres del Paine National Park is a graveyard of ichthyosaurs—ancient, dolphin-like reptiles that roamed the oceans when dinosaurs dominated the land. Nearly 90 of ...

Some 131 million years ago, a pregnant ichthyosaur roamed the waters of what is now the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile. After a dramatic event, like an underwater landslide, covered her in ...

A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, ...

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