The first complete skeleton of a prehistoric marine reptile was thought to be lost forever in a bombing raid in London in 1941. While the actual bones are long gone, a chance discovery has resurrected two casts of the famous fossil.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The first complete skeleton of a prehistoric marine reptile was thought to be lost forever in a bombing raid in London in 1941. Paleontologist Mary Anning discovered the ichthyosaur fossil in 1818, two decades before the word dinosaur was even part of our lexicon.
The staff knew a Yale professor, Charles Schuchert, had purchased the specimen from the estate of Frederick A. Braun, a professional collector and dealer. Schuchert donated it to the Peabody in 1930, but there was no record of who made the cast or when, or the details of Braun’s acquisition of the cast. Lomax and Massare found a match when they compared the cast with the 1819 illustration. In 2019, the duo came across a second cast at Berlin’s Natural History Museum.
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