The term “Ichthyosauria” was later coined in 1834 by Karl Dietrich Eberhard Koenig. The ambiguous term “fish lizard” reflected the confusing nature of these early fossils. We now know this was no fish ...

The foetus of an Ichthyosaurus has been discovered still inside the womb 200 million years after its mother died during pregnancy. The 3.5 metre (11ft) pregnant ichthyosaur lived at the time of the ...

The fossil collection of the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hannover, Germany, is full of hidden discoveries lately. A plesiosaur skeleton that had been gathering dust for years turned out to be a new ...

Scientists from the United Kingdom and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record. They also found that the Ichthyosaurus was pregnant at the time of its death. Paleontologist Sven ...

Ichthyosaurus was a marine reptile that dominated the Mesozoic seas from the Triassic to the Late Cretaceous period. Resembling modern dolphins, they represent a prime example of convergent evolution, ...

The validity of the parvipelvian ichthyosaur genus Protoichthyosaurus was evaluated by examining the type material and recently recognized specimens. Protoichthyosaurus has a wide forefin with at ...

When a devout Christian family unearthed an enormous Ichthyosaurus fossil in Victorian England, they chose to rebury it to protect their religious beliefs. More than 150 years later, that same family ...

Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant at the time of death. The new specimen is estimated to be between 3 and 3.5 m long and ...