Between 66 million and 215 million years ago, long-necked reptiles called plesiosaurs inhabited the world’s oceans. By ...

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Its soft tissues have been preserved for eons, finally revealing some secrets about the marine reptile's appearance.

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Analysis of the fossil skin of a 183-million-year-old plesiosaur revealed that it had a mixture of smooth and scaly skin.

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For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...