A skeleton discovered on Dorset’s Jurassic coast has been identified as a new species of prehistoric marine reptile that once ruled the oceans. The dolphin-sized ichthyosaur, called Xiphodracon ...

Reconstruction of what the ‘Xiphodracon’ could have looked like. The skeleton and skull of the newly named sword dragon ichthyosaur, Xiphodracon goldencapensis ...

Find out what fossils have revealed about ichthyosaurs, which included the biggest marine reptile that ever lived.

A fossil found over two decades ago on England’s Jurassic Coast has proved to be one of the most significant discoveries of marine reptiles in recent times. The almost complete skeleton of a ...

A newly identified ichthyosaur from the UK’s Jurassic Coast is rewriting part of the prehistoric playbook. Nicknamed the “Sword Dragon of Dorset,” the three-meter-long marine reptile lived during a ...

Some ichthyosaurs are too old, and some ichthyosaurs are too young. But a new species of marine reptile is the perfect age - that is, for revealing one of the most mysterious periods in the ...

The shoreline between Charmouth and Seatown in Dorset, United Kingdom, has come to be known as the “Jurassic Coast” of England. Geological formations have revealed prehistoric creatures stuck in the ...

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, ...

Lead author Judith Pardo-Pérez (left) with co-author Matt Malkowski in in Patagonia’s Torres del Paine National Park, where the ichthyosaur fossil was discovered. Credit: Matt Malkowski. About 131 ...