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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

Ichthyosaur "Icky" IPA, cerveza fabricada por Great Basin Brewing Co. () que homenajea a este grupo de reptiles mesozoicos:

▶️ https://t.co/Lma1c8pIe5

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2022-01-04

Quite possibly my favourite ichthyosaur, cymbospondylus

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2021-12-31

Results from the
Monquirasaurus, Hippopotamus madagascariensis and Cymbospondylus.
Oh, and Merry Christmas!

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2021-12-26

IT’S OUT! 17 METER LONG ICHTHYOSAUR WOOO https://t.co/ufoAy9sg6B

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2021-12-24

And another of my expected reconstructions from the skeletal I did, Cymbospondylus petrinus based from the very complete specimen UCMP 9950 is a large sized middle triassic Ichthyosaur characterized for its slendy shape unlike other species of the group, being a major predator.

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2021-12-20

On to the second kind of ichthyosaur I drew: the Undorosaurus relative. Two specimens of a distinct-but-yet-unnamed genus of ichthyosaur resembling Undorosaurus are found at the site. This suggests these ichthyosaurs come from a lineage that moved south from the boreal realm…

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2021-12-19

I finally finished this one! A small trawling the seabed while small (spec) ichthyosaurs trail behind and pick off what the big one tosses up…and poops out

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2021-12-02

An adult Kyhytysuka cannibilizing a young specimen. Probably would end up like the Guizhouichthyosaurus that tried to swallow a Xinpusaurus several million years prior.

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2021-11-29

Results from the
Quasicyclotosaurus, Yoshi, Myobradypterygius and Mesomyzon.

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2021-11-28

Digital ichthyosaur from about 2012

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2021-11-26

Results from the
Klathifrons, Procyclotosaurus, Nanhsiungchelys, Longirostria.

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2021-11-22