had scales similar to those of modern sea turtles. The 183-million-year-old, 4.5-metre-long plesiosaur fossil, known as MH7, was first excavated from a quarry near Holzmaden, Germany, in 1940 but ...

Considered one of the oldest living species on Earth, it's been a mystery where baby sea turtles go after heading out to sea. It's known as their lost years. Kate Mansfield, Marine Turtle Research ...

Another theory is that the fossil corresponds to a stranded turtle that got stuck in a mudflat and/or dried out in the sun on its way to the sea. Christian Püntener, Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat ...