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Tanystropheus hydroides was a large marine or shoreline-dwelling archosauromorph from the Middle Triassic of Europe. Its exceptionally long neck consisted of only 13 greatly elongated vertebrae and accounted for roughly half of an adult's body length, which could approach six metres. Skull anatomy a...

The Raft Spider (*Dolomedes fimbriatus*) is a large semi-aquatic spider found across Europe in wetland habitats such as bogs, ponds, and slow-moving streams. It belongs to the nursery web spider family (Pisauridae) and hunts on the surface film of water, detecting vibrations from insects, tadpoles,...

The six-spotted fishing spider (Dolomedes triton) is a semi-aquatic species of nursery web spider belonging to the family Pisauridae. Native to North America, it is commonly found near ponds, streams, and wetlands. This spider relies on water-surface vibrations to locate prey and can walk on water o...

Dolomedes triton, commonly known as the fishing spider, is a semi-aquatic member of the nursery web spider family (Pisauridae) found throughout North America. Inhabiting areas near ponds, lakes, and slow-moving streams, it is well adapted to aquatic environments. The spider primarily hunts by restin...

Eryops megacephalus was a large temnospondyl tetrapod that lived in North America during the Early Permian. Adults could approach two metres in length and had a broad, heavily built skull, robust limbs, and numerous conical teeth suited to seizing prey. Abundant and comparatively complete fossils ha...

The dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) is a large species of nursery web spider native to North America. Belonging to the family Pisauridae, it is known for its ability to hunt on the surface of water, relying on vibrations to detect aquatic prey such as small fish and tadpoles. Despite thei...

Nothosaurus giganteus is a species of large nothosaur, a group of semi-aquatic marine reptiles that lived during the Triassic Period, approximately 240 million years ago. Nothosaurs were sauropterygians, belonging to the same broader lineage that later produced the fully aquatic plesiosaurs. Nothosa...

Ophiacodon mirus is an early synapsid from the Early Permian of North America and a species of the genus Ophiacodon. It belonged to Ophiacodontidae, a group traditionally included among the informal assemblage called pelycosaurs, and had an elongated skull with numerous conical teeth. Ophiacodon was...

Dolomedes okefinokensis is a large fishing spider native to the wetlands of the southeastern United States, renowned for its ability to catch small aquatic vertebrates.

Dolomedes vittatus is a nursery web spider found in the eastern United States. It is a large, semi-aquatic spider commonly associated with habitats near ponds, streams, marshes, and other water sources, where it can hunt on or close to the surface. When threatened, it can enter the water and dive, a...

Pirata piraticus, commonly called the pirate wolf spider, is a species in the family Lycosidae. It is widely recorded in Europe and occurs in wetland habitats including pond and stream margins, marshes, fens, bogs, reed beds, and wet peatland. The spider hunts rather than relying on a capture web an...