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#341 Mary Anning
Anning’s discoveries were key pieces of evidence to support the theory of extinction. While the theory existed prior, Anning’s finds provided solid evidence for the “age of reptiles”. She discovered the ichthyosaurus, the plesiosaurus, a pterosaur & more.
Paleo Fact!
Plesiosaurus (Almost Lizard) is a plesiosaurid from Early Jurassic England! Its name refers to how it more closely resembled modern reptiles than Ichthyosaurus, which was found in the same dig site a few years prior! It's most easily- (1/2)
Art by Mark Witton!
March 9, 1847, Mary Anning dies #OTD aged just 47. Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete skeletons of Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus and the flying reptile Dimorphodon 🦴🔨
https://t.co/x8Hgn1qySB
Like the band playing on the deck of the Titanic I will post Dinovembers on here as long as I can. Here we have Guizhouichthyosaurus from the Triassic, of which one individual died with the remains of a large thalattosaur in its stomach. It bit off more than it can chew...
@WryCritic Love how you have all the iconic British Jurassic reptiles like Plesiosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Dimorphodon and Scelidosaurus and then there's just Stegosaurus wandering out of the sea like it just swam across the proto-atlantic
Mural palaeoart of Ichthyosaurus, Pterodactyl & Diplodocus by French painter Mathurin Meheut, from 1940s Nazi-occupied France
#OTD in 1824 geologist Charles Lyell wrote to Gideon Mantell about his recent visit to #MaryAnning in #LymeRegis 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'
Results from the #paleostream
Titanoceratops, Spinosaurus for @EdgarTu098, Dinocephalosaurus and Guizhouichthyosaurus.
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. #JurassicWorld
I know, it’s Ichthyosaurus 👀
Godzilla 10/100
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A great past vs modern interpretation of Ichthyosaurus by @nixillustration
A recent paper came out on soft tissue reconstruction on ichthyosaurs that everyone should check out.
https://t.co/V0NV45weNb
#Fossils #Paleontology
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.
Sea Angels: Ichthyosaurus
#prehistoric #ichthyosaur #reptile #creature #angel #art
An adult Kyhytysuka cannibilizing a young specimen. Probably would end up like the Guizhouichthyosaurus that tried to swallow a Xinpusaurus several million years prior.
#paleoart
I have nothing productive to share at the moment, so have a non-fish from last year (Ichthyosaurus communis with very speculative insulation blubber around the cranial area to protect le brain). Chonk.
A #paleoart salute to ichthyosaurs this #FossilFriday: splendid beasts that I've had an excuse to restore several times recently. Marine reptiles are really fun to draw and these have been a blast to work on. Here's Temnodontosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, Shonisaurus and Leptonectes.
#FossilFriday May 21, 1799, #birthday of Mary #Anning. Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete skeletons of Ichthyosaurus & Plesiosaurus
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