Life reconstruction of the large-sized Jurassic ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus. “The soft tissue preservation in this fossil is just one of these amazing discoveries that you stumble across once in a ...

While dinosaurs ruled the land, large ichthyosaurs stalked their prey across prehistoric oceans—and according to new research, they hunted in lethal silence. Scientists analyzed a well-preserved, ...

Ichthyosaurs represent a diverse clade of Mesozoic marine reptiles that rapidly adapted to fully aquatic lifestyles following the end-Permian mass extinction. Their streamlined, 'fish-like' body plan, ...

An artist's reconstruction of the giant ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus (left), featured in the study, and researchers examining part of the creature's flipper at Sweden's Lund University (right).