When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs. By Kate Golembiewski In 1811, a ...
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A chance glance at a museum display has led to the first-ever discovery of an ichthyosaur fossil in western Japan, dating back around 220 million years. Initially mistaken for a common bivalve fossil, ...
A remarkable new species of ichthyosaur, dubbed Xiphodracon goldencapensis, or the “sword dragon of Dorset,” has been identified from a nearly complete fossil found along the UK’s Jurassic Coast. This ...