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Though fossils revealing ichthyosaur behavior remain rare, one ichthyosaur fossil is known to have sustained bites to the snout region. Discovered in Australia, and analyzed by Benjamin Kear et alii in 2011, measurements of the wounds reveal that the bite marks were inflicted by another ichthyosaur, likely of the same species, a probable case ...
Dubbed "Hell's Aquarium", this sea is determined to be the most dangerous due to the sheer number of different predators present, including 17-metre (56 ft) giant mosasaurs . [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In addition to providing information on the animals encountered, Marven's presence also serves to provide a sense of scale and dread throughout the series.
Cast of the first known complete Ichthyosaurus specimen (originally referred to as Proteosaurus), which was destroyed during WW2. Ichthyosaurus was the first complete fossil to be discovered in the early 19th century by Mary Anning in England; [9] the holotype of I. communis, no coll. number given, [10] was a fairly complete specimen discovered by Mary and Joseph Anning around 1814 in Lyme ...
Ichthyopterygia ("fish flippers") was a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1840 to designate the Jurassic ichthyosaurs that were known at the time, but the term is now used more often for both true Ichthyosauria and their more primitive early and middle Triassic ancestors.
Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (also called Sea Monsters) is a 2007 American IMAX 3D documentary film by National Geographic, about prehistoric marine reptiles.It alternates modern-day sequences about the work of scientists studying the animals with computer-animated scenes depicting the prehistoric past.
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Protoichthyosaurus prostaxilis is a medium-sized ichthyosaur, with the total length of the largest specimen likely somewhere between 3.2–4 metres (10–13 ft), [9] while that of other known specimens likely being below 2.5 metres (8.2 ft). P. applebyi is smaller, probably not exceeding 2 metres (6.6 ft) in total length. [2]
Ophthalmosaurus was a medium-sized ichthyosaur, growing to measure 4 m (13 ft) in length and weighing between 930–950 kg (2,050–2,090 lb). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It had a robust, streamlined body that was nearly as wide as it was tall in frontal view.