Ichthyosaurus | fossil marine reptile | Britannica (original) (raw)

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  In Mary Anning
  …brother found the first known Ichthyosaurus specimen; however, she was the one who excavated it, and some sources also give her credit for the discovery. British physician Everard Home described the specimen shortly thereafter in a series of papers. Her most famous find occurred in 1824 when she uncovered the…
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  In ichthyosaur
  Ichthyosaurus, a representative genus from which the larger group takes its name, was about 3 metres (10 feet) long and was probably able to move through the water at high speeds. Very fishlike in appearance, it is especially well known from Early Jurassic deposits in…
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