Sentences with phrase «jurassic ichthyosaur»
The first almost - complete Jurassic ichthyosaur fossil was found in the Kachchh Region of Gujarat, India.
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A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea - going reptile) also known as «Sea Dragons», has provided important information into recognizing new fossil species.
«First Jurassic ichthyosaur fossil found in India: The fish - like reptile was over five - meter long, likely ate ammonites and other crunchy prey.»
A new near - complete fossilized skeleton is thought to represent the first Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India, according to a study published October 25, 2017 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Guntupalli Prasad from the University of Delhi, India, and colleagues.
Now, the authors of the present study report what they believe to be the first Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India, from the Kachchh area in Gujarat.
At the start of the Jurassic the ichthyosaurs were joined by the plesiosaurs and pliosaurs, which thrived right through until the end of the Cretaceous some 65 million years ago.
Not exact matches
The evidence consists of shells that formed the inner skeletons of belemnites, a diet staple for ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that plied the warm Jurassic coastal waters 160 million years ago.
This Jurassic fossil, the first of its kind for India, suggests that ichthyosaurs were more widespread than previously thought, researchers reported this week in PLOS ONE.
Ichthyosaurs, which are similar - shaped to dolphins and sharks, but are reptiles, swam the seas for millions of years during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
The Jurassic was the ichthyosaurs» golden age.
Prior to the present ichthyosaur discovery, a cryptoclidid plesiosaur, a Middle - Late Jurassic plesiosaur widely known from western Europe, was documented from the Upper Jurassic Katrol Formation [30].
Mary Anning and her brother Joseph found the complete skeleton of a Jurassic - era ichthyosaur in 1812; the creature (which was thought to resemble a crocodile) didn't receive its current scientific name until 1817.