Researchers have formally identified a group of elasmosaur fossils - some of the most famous in North America. The marine ...

I was shocked when I saw skin cells that had been preserved for 183 million years,” explained Miguel Marx, a Ph.D. student at ...

Mike Trask died on May 15, eight days before the publication of the peer-reviewed findings in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology about Traskasaura sandrae, named in his honour.

A group of Canadian fossils is identified as a new genus of the elasmosaurus "sea monster" that existed tens of millions of ...

The previously unnamed species of elasmosaur is being called Traskasaura sandrae in honour of Mike Trask, who in 1988 ...

A group of fossils of elasmosaurs—some of the most famous in North America—have just been formally identified as belonging to ...

It was capable of growing beyond 30 feet in length and weighed around 10 tons—a mature elephant plus a sedan car.

This long-necked marine reptile lived around 85 million years ago. At 12 metres long, Traskasaura sandrae had strong, sharp ...

Father-daughter team Michael and Heather Trask discover the fossilized bones of an ancient sea lizard near Courtenay, B.C., ...

SCIENTISTS have finally cracked the mystery behind a “very odd” long-necked sea monster found on the coast of Canada. The creature, which loosely resembles the infamous Loch Ness ...

A team of experts assert it’s the jawbone of an ancient mosasaur. Dissenters in Alberta say it’s too good to be true. Testing ...

The large marine reptile that was named British Columbia's official fossil emblem two years ago has been identified as both a new species and part of a new genus. It's an emotional moment for the ...