The dolphin-like ichthyosaurs–also known as 'fish lizards'–are extinct marine reptiles that
roamed the Mesozoic oceans for some 160 million years. As for most ancient vertebrates …

The transition from terrestrial to marine environments by secondarily aquatic tetrapods
necessitates a suite of adaptive changes associated with life in the sea, eg, the scaleless …

The new findings on Spinosaurus' swim tail strongly suggest that Spinosaurus was a
specialized deep-water predator. However, the tail must be seen in the context of the …

Fish skin is a biological material with high flexibility and compliance and can provide good
mechanical protection against sharp punctures. This unusual structural function makes fish …

To determine the type of surface roughness pattern that is suitable for adaptive suppression
of the drag of an obstacle, we observed flow structures introduced by such obstacles …

The Turonian was a seminal time in the evolution of Mosasauria, a clade of active lizards
that came to dominate Late Cretaceous oceans until their demise at the Cretaceous …

Three species of Cretaceous marine squamates are described or redescribed. The first,
Pontosaurus ribaguster is described from a relatively complete specimen discovered on …

The paper summarizes the author's experience in 2 interdisciplinary fields,(1) fluid
mechanics and biology,(2) fluid mechanics and electrodynamics. This experience is exactly …