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, ...

An extraordinary fossil has blown the socks of palaeontologists as it was found to contain the soft tissues of a Temnodontosaurus ichthyosaur, marking the first time we’ve ever found soft tissue ...

A remarkable new species of ichthyosaur, dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapensis, or the “sword dragon of Dorset,” has been identified from a nearly complete fossil found along the UK’s Jurassic Coast. This ...