Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles
A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of ...
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Everything You Want to Know About Dinosaur Sexual Anatomy and Reproduction, From Their Genitalia to How They Laid Eggs
Dinosaurs had sex. Fossil nests and eggs, as well as the ways today’s birds and crocodiles reproduce, leave no doubt on that ...
Fossils Preserve Both Skin and Scales From an Ancient Sea Monster
With serpentine necks, flippers and a mouth full of needle-sharp teeth, plesiosaurs have captured imaginations since ...
Young S’porean gets thumbs up from Nobel Prize winners for science question, just like his sister
Mr Aedann See, 19, and his sister Deanna, 25, have both won the Molecular Frontiers Inquiry Prize. Read more at ...
Paleontologists solve decades’ old mystery about plesiosaur skin texture
While experts know details about its diet, size, and general habitat, the aquatic reptile’s skin characteristics have ...
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Jurassic fossil discovery in China sheds new light on origin of birds
Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's ...
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Update: Jurassic fossil discovery in east China sheds new light on origin of birds
FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 ...
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Soft tissue from a 183 million-year-old Jurassic plesiosaur analyzed
Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...
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2nd LD-Writethru-China Focus: Jurassic fossil discovery in east China sheds new light on origin of birds
FUZHOU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have unearthed the oldest short-tailed bird fossil, dating back about 150 million years, in east China's Fujian Province. This suggests that birds might ...
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Plesiosaurs Had Both Scales and Smooth Skin for Efficient Swimming
Scientists examined a fossilized plesiosaur’s soft tissue, revealing a unique mix of smooth and scaly skin. Smooth skin ...