These distant relatives of lizards and snakes lepidosaurs were the most highly specialized aquatic reptiles but. With a skull size of 2 meters and an estimated body size of 17 meters this creature is the largest animal.
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10 hours agoThe colossal 180 million-year-old fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur have been found in the UK in what researchers have described as one of the most significant discoveries in the region.
. Dr Dean Lomax a palaeontologist from Manchester University was brought in to lead the excavation effort. Ichthyosaur any member of an extinct group of aquatic reptiles most of which were very similar to porpoises in appearance and habits. They concluded it was an ichthyosaur - a type of warm-blooded air-breathing sea predator not unlike dolphins.
It lived about 180 million years ago during the. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia fish flippers a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1842 although the. Workers excavating the sea dragon.
Ichthyosaur fossils have been found on every continent except Africa and Antarctica other researchers reported finding possible ichthyosaur teeth in Antarctica but they werent enough to convince most paleontologists. Ichthyosaurs Ancient Greek for fish lizard ἰχθύς or ichthys meaning fish and σαῦρος or sauros meaning lizard are large extinct marine reptiles. Noun any of an order Ichthyosauria of extinct marine reptiles of the Mesozoic specialized for aquatic life by a streamlined body with a long snout limbs reduced to small fins for steering and a large lunate caudal fin.
1 day agoThe ichthyosaur fossil measures over 32 feet in length and has a 6-foot skull weighing around one ton. While dinosaurs dominated land during the Mesozoic Era 252-66 million years ago marine reptiles like this giant ichthyosaurnicknamed Jim 2ruled the sea. 23 hours agoDiscovered in a reservoir in the county of Rutland in the English East Midlands the specimen is the largest and most complete ichthyosaur fossil ever found in the UK measuring nearly 33 feet in.
They belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia. Learn about these prehistoric marine rep. Meaning fish lizard in Greek the aptly-named ichthyosaur once dominated the worlds oceans for millions of years.
Come see the complete skull on display for the very first time. They could grow up to 25 metres long and lived between 250 million and 90 million years ago.
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