Long-Necked Reptiles Were Decapitated By Their Predators, Fossil Evidence Confirms
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – In the age of dinosaurs, many marine reptiles had extremely long necks compared to reptiles today. While it was clearly a successful evolutionary strategy, paleontologists have long suspected that their long-necked bodies made them vulnerable to predators. Now, after almost 200 years of continued research, direct fossil evidence confirms […]
Swimming Secrets Of Prehistoric Reptiles Unlocked – New Study
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – The diverse swimming techniques of the ancient reptiles that ruled the Mesozoic seas have been revealed for the first time by scientists at the University of Bristol. An almost 8m-long specimen of Temnodontosaurus, a fish-shaped ichthyosaur from the Early Jurᴀssic of Germany (State Museum of Natural History of Stuttgart, […]