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You can't imagine the depths of biblical accurate ichthyosaur's mind...
(or how deep we went on tonight's voice chat...) https://t.co/T2y7soDjzh

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2022-07-21

in 1824 geologist Charles Lyell wrote to Gideon Mantell about his recent visit to in where he saw 'the discovery of a superb skeleton of Ichthyosaurus by Miss Anning. It was perfect, save the tail which a cart-wheel had passed over. It was 2 feet long'

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2022-07-10

"an ichthyosaurus fire type pokemon in a white square" Again, mini.

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2022-06-03

Results from the
Titanoceratops, Spinosaurus for , Dinocephalosaurus and Guizhouichthyosaurus.

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2022-05-14

Whenever Mattel makes an aquatic reptile everyone gets excited, and for good reason! Still hoping we get an ichthyosaurus and an elasmosaurus. But a liopleurodon is a really welcomed addition.

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2022-05-10

in 1819 William Bullock began the 26-day auction of the entire contents of his London Museum, the Egyptian Hall on Piccadilly. Amongst the specimens to be sold was the skull found in 1811 by brother Joseph.

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2022-04-29

After seeing all of the interesting art, I decided to do my own. A group of kids gathered around watch the Ichthyosaurs up close.

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2022-04-10

April 6, 1821, the description of the very first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs by William Conybeare published. Both fossils were found by palaeontologist Mary Anning 🪨🔨
https://t.co/g2mhuFy9Wx

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2022-04-06

A great past vs modern interpretation of Ichthyosaurus by
A recent paper came out on soft tissue reconstruction on ichthyosaurs that everyone should check out.
https://t.co/V0NV45weNb

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2022-03-09

What is the correct name for the platypterygiine ichthyosaur "Ichthyosaurus" campylodon? It's not Pervushovisaurus campylodon like has been claimed in recent literature, but instead Myopterygius campylodon. Read about it in my new blog post.

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2022-02-07

This is a phenomenon in its own right, as it evolved in swordfishes/sailfishes, leptonectid ichthyosaurs like Eurhinosaurus, Protosphyraena (left), and thalattosaurs like Xinpusaurus (right).

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2022-02-03

in 1830 wrote to JS Miller, Curator of Bristol Institution offering him an ichthyosaur paddle for £1, and a fossil fish she had discovered in December 1829. She recognised that it was a new, undescribed fossil and sought a modern analogue: 1/4

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2022-01-31

Half-Life/Half-Life/Art/Creatures/Ichthyosaur/ichy1.jpg
Found in folder: https://t.co/j5FykE0OyE

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2022-01-30

Ichthyosaur/mosasaur VS Plesiosaur: the oldest paleoart meme?

As far as I can tell this scene first appeared in Jules Verne's 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth.

It seems the strong influence that fiction has on the depiction of extinct reptiles is nothing new.

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2022-01-24

Wow we love these 2D & 3D models of the

Our funding helped support these creations by of the 180 million years old discovered .

You can see a 3D model of the specimen here: https://t.co/jaawTqpYb8

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2022-01-19