Cartorhynchus as it may have looked in life. The amphibious reptile is the oldest known representative of the ichthyosaurs, dolphin-like marine reptiles that entered the oceans after the Permian mass ...

An ancient marine reptile that hunted shellfish almost 250 million years ago evolved pebble-shaped teeth specifically to help crush the hard shells of its shellfish prey. The unique adaptation was ...

An ancient marine reptile that swam the oceans nearly 250 million years ago had unusual pebble-like teeth which it used to crush hard-shelled prey, scientists believe. The creature, named ...

An ancient ‘fish lizard’ that stalked the seas almost 250 million years ago developed unique pebble-like teeth to crush its hard-shelled prey, scientists say. The cartorhynchus lenticarpus belongs to ...

Researchers have discovered the fossils of an ancient amphibious reptile that might just be the missing link between ichthyosaurs and their landlubber ancestors. Various features of this new ...

Ichthyosaurs were the main predators of the oceans millions of years ago. Like reptilian dolphins with a mean streak, they grew between 10 and 43 feet long and had a long snout armed with viciously ...

WASHINGTON - Ichthyosaurs were a hugely successful group of marine reptiles that flourished in the world's oceans for more than 150 million years, with many looking much like today's dolphins and some ...

Regular readers will know that I have a major interest in ichthyosaurs, the so-called fish-lizards of the Mesozoic (see links below). As you'll know if you keep your finger on the pulse of Mesozoic ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ichthyosaurs were a hugely successful group of marine reptiles that flourished in the world's oceans for more than 150 million years, with many looking much like today's ...