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Snake neck lizard is a large extinct marine reptilian genus of the Plesiosauria. The first specimen was discovered by Mary Anning between 1820-1821 but lacked a skull.
Geologists at the University of Texas found that the 28-centimeter egg belonged to a 7-meter-long sea monster that lived 66 million years ago in Antarctica.
The strange lizard with its horns on its nose, Harpesaurus modiglianii from Indonesia, is completely missing. However, it has only recently been confirmed to still exist.
Paleontologists first found the jawbone of a Chinese pterosaur on the British island of Wight.
Authorities are seeking to destroy the Tegu lizard, an omnivore that threatens a range of native animals in Florida and Georgia.
Fossils excavated in the state of Montana reveal the genus Stellasaurus, an unknown dinosaur, lived 75 million years ago.
The 248 million-year-old fossil of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus reveals features never before seen in fish or lizard (Ichthyosaur).
US scientists discovered a lizard in Florida state that the amount of accumulation exceeds 80% of body weight.
The bumps on the skin of the endemic Heloderma charlesbogerti lizard in southeastern Guatemala look like their bodies were beaded.
With its flat mouth, big eyes and hanging upside down in a tree, Vesperopterylus is indeed the strangest ancient flying pterosaur ever existed on Earth.
Fat is something that always exists on an animal's body, but in fact they are very biodegradable and cannot exist in the form of fossils like bones.
For millions of years, the tiny left foot of an ancient lizard has been preserved in extremely rare amber until recently discovered.
The dagger in a squid fossil lived 150 million years ago is evidence of a failed hunting attack of winged lizards.
The geologist found the most complete fossil of a pointed snout sea lizard Gunakadeit joseeae in North America.
A new study shows that, about 49 million years ago, the first long-tailed lizard appeared in the world, but not with two eyes but four eyes.