A new study uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. One complete animal and one tail are the first to preserve outer body shape in the last, large group of ...

An artist's drawing of the Ichthyosaur. (Credit: Esther van Hulsen) (CN) — Researchers examined the fossilized remains of fish-like marine reptiles whose blubber and soft tissues were preserved ...

Ichthyosaurs (Greek for "fish lizard") were large marine reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs during most of the Mesozoic era. blickwinkel/Alamy Stock Photo Ichthyosaurs are a classic case of ...

(NEW YORK) -- Scientists have identified an extraordinary specimen of fossilized blubber from a ‘fish-lizard’ that lived 180 million years ago, according to a new report in the journal Nature. The ...

From seals to whales, many marine animals have a thick layer of fat directly under their skin, known as blubber. Now, a new study has shown for the first time that ichthyosaurs – ancient marine ...

A new study published in PeerJ uses modern methods to understand the preservation of unique ichthyosaur fossils. Two new ichthyosaur specimens—one complete animal and one tail—are the first to ...