Tag: reptile

Ancient reptile fossil found in China, not Loch Ness

It’s not Nessie, but a team of researchers found a fossil of a prehistoric long-necked aquatic dinosaur in southern China, the National Museums of Scotland announced Friday. The 240 million-year-old fossil of the species Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, dating to the Triassic period, was found in China’s Guizhou province. It had flippered limbs and an oceanic diet […]