ichthyosaur


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ichthyosaur

a large extinct reptile that existed from the TRIASSIC PERIOD to the CRETACEOUS PERIOD. It had paddle-shaped limbs, a head with long toothed jaws, and a fish-like tail.
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With the fossil of an ichthyosaur in David Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
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The newborn ichthyosaur, Ichthyosaurus communis, lived shortly after the time that the Triassic geological period ended and the Jurassic began.
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Scientists said the incomplete embryo was less than seven centimetres long and consisted of preserved vertebrae, a forefin, An ichthyosaur ribs and a few other bones.
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Artist's rendering of an ichthyosaur Credit: AFP Photo / University Of Edinburgh/ Todd Marshall
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As well as the skeleton, the experts have created a life-sized model of the ichthyosaur to show how it looked when alive - as well as an interactive digital version.
200 million year-old sea creature swims again!
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Nick and Rob Hanigan had been searching for ichthyosaur remains when they discovered the Dracoraptor The specimen was preserved with the fossilised remains of these sea-urchins.
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A University of Edinburgh-issued artist's impression |of the newly discovered Ichthyosaur from Scotland.
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Seven-foot fish lizard fossil found

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