In the study, the researchers describe a new, short-necked plesiosaur ancestor called Chusaurus xiangensis from the Early Triassic of Hubei Province, China. Its neck has begun to lengthen ...

Dr Persons said: 'Paleontologists have generally assumed that if a plesiosaur has long jaws, then it also must have a short neck. 'Serpentisuchops proves this assumption is not necessarily true.

and short-necked plesiosaurs (imagine a Loch Ness monster with a short neck and a massive head). Plesiosaurs lived from the Triassic period (251.9 million to 201.4 million years ago) until they ...

the plesiosaurs were a group of prehistoric marine reptiles that lived in oceans throughout the world between 203 and 66 million years ago. They had four flippers, a short tail and a long neck ...

Most plesiosaurs fall into either the small head, short snout, and long neck category, or the large head, long snout, and short neck category. Snaky crocface is unusual in that it has both a long ...

"Plesiosaurs notoriously possessed elongated necks, but these lengths varied considerably from creature to creature," adds Ishiguro. "We hope to create models that incorporate the roles of the ...

Pliosaurs were a type of plesiosaur with short necks and massive skulls. They appeared over 200 million years ago, but remained minor components of marine ecosystems until suddenly developing into ...

“The classic life reconstruction of plesiosaurs (Plesiosauria), incorporating a long neck, compact body, and four propulsive flippers, has not changed for nearly 200 years. However, the actual ...

In the study, the researchers describe a new, short-necked plesiosaur ancestor called Chusaurus xiangensis from the Early Triassic of Hubei Province, China. Its neck has begun to lengthen, but it is ...