Fins of Ancient Marine Reptile Like Fiberglass from LiveScience covers a new study that finds ichthyosaurs  had a fiberglass-like collagen covering on their fins to provide strength. The collagen fibers were discovered after studying well preserved soft-body fossilized tissue.

‘Monster’ fossil find in Arctic from the BBC covers a massive “treasure trove” of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs found on Spitsbergen, a large island between Norway and the North Pole. A giant plesiosaur fossil has been nicknamed “The Monster” as it is so large, 8 meters long. They also found an ichthyosaur tooth embedded in […]

Via Afarensis, Pregnant Prehistoric Fossil Offers Clues To Past from Science Daily covers the Ping Pong Ichthyosaur I’ve written about earlier. Nothing that much new from what was covered by sources in my other post, but the article does have a picture of the fossilized embryos worth checking out.

Pregnant prehistoric fossil discovered from United Press International covers a new species named “Ping Pong Ichthyosaur” for the spot where the fossils were stored for 25 years — under a ping pong table!
The fossils were collected decades ago in Canada’s Northwest Territories and somehow ended up stored under a ping pong table in the science […]

Here be monsters from Nunatsiaq News covers how researchers from McGill University have found a fossilized ichthyosaur. It’s apparently the first time one has been found so far north near the Arctic circle. It’s also far smaller than other ichthyosaur species.