The largest and most diverse group of Triassic aquatic reptiles gave birth ... Many contended that the reptiles laid their eggs on the shores—as modern marine turtles do—while others argued that they ...

The Scottish scientists have unearthed the complete skeleton of a marine reptile known as Dinocephalosaurus ... exotic and awe-inspiring world of the Triassic, which constantly astounds ...

F. Spiekman et al, A redescription of Trachelosaurus fischeri from the Buntsandstein (Middle Triassic) of Bernburg, Germany: the first European Dinocephalosaurus-like marine reptile and its ...

Dinosaur embryo found curled up and ready to hatch like a bird In the Triassic ocean, marine reptiles such as the plesiosaurs were kings. Plesiosaurus, an early plesiosaur, was about 4.5 metres ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change ... The origin of this successful group of marine reptiles is still not resolved. While the tuatara may look like a lizard, they are from a distinct ...

Frogs, salamanders, crocodiles, turtles, and snakes slunk and slithered on and off the Triassic coast, lakes, and rivers. Pterosaurs, a group of flying reptiles, took to the air. On firm ground ...

Ichthyosaurs were a group of marine reptiles that thrived during the Mesozoic era, resembling modern dolphins in appearance and behavior. Recent research has significantly advanced our ...

and a piece of a very large tooth — suggest that the ichthyosaur may be the largest ancient marine reptile. Researchers estimate its length at 69 feet, surpassing the mosasaurus by more than 10 ...

The diapsids are a monophyletic group - including the dinosaurs, pterosaurs and marine reptiles of the Mesozoic ... Phytosaurs were successful Triassic crocodile-like reptiles. They were outcompeted ...

Large, flat-headed amphibians called metoposaurs entirely vanished, as well, not to mention various reptile groups that had emerged early in the Triassic only to disappear by the end. Dinosaurs ...

Experts have identified the bones found on a beach in Somerset as belonging to the jaws of a new species of enormous ichthyosaur, a type of prehistoric marine reptile ... dating to the end of the ...

Out of the ashes of this extinction, several new groups of reptiles began to evolve in the Triassic. One particularly successful group was called the pseudosuchians. This is the lineage to which ...