The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 ...

This long-necked marine reptile lived around 85 million years ago. At 12 metres long, Traskasaura sandrae had strong, sharp ...

Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live ...

A group of Canadian fossils is identified as a new genus of the elasmosaurus "sea monster" that existed tens of millions of ...

It was capable of growing beyond 30 feet in length and weighed around 10 tons—a mature elephant plus a sedan car.

A team of experts assert it’s the jawbone of an ancient mosasaur. Dissenters in Alberta say it’s too good to be true. Testing ...

In Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the remarkably preserved remains of a pregnant ichthyosaur, nicknamed “Fiona,” ...

The Flower Mound resident discovered the fossilized remains of a plesiosaur. The marine reptile would have swum ... The museum’s fossil prep team is in the process of carefully removing ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

The ancient fossil was discovered in Guizhou province ... which is shocking because it is more than any known marine reptile. Researchers during their hypothesis concluded that its flexible ...

The footprints they discovered back ... Not only is the fossil the earliest-known amniote, but Professor Long believes it may be evidence of the earliest-known reptile. "It's almost certain ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal, dated to around 350 million years ago. The discovery suggests that after the ...