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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dinosaurs are archosaurs, a larger group of reptiles that first appeared about 251 million years ago, near the start of the Triassic Period ... ancient reptiles are often wrongly called dinosaurs.

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 ...