The fossilized remains of a 33-foot-long ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, were uncovered in the U.K.
Joe Davis, a conservation team leader at Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, which operates the nature reserve alongside Anglia Water, was the individual who discovered the almost complete ichthyosaur skeleton, which measures around 33 feet in length and features a 6.5-foot-long skull.
Ichthyosaurs are an extinct group of marine reptiles that roamed the world's oceans between about 90 million and 250 million years ago. While their existence coincided with the age of the dinosaurs, they aren't dinosaurs.") evolved from an unknown terrestrial ancestor that returned to the sea. They lived their whole lives in the water and gave birth to live young.
After being discovered, the Rutland ichthyosaur was carefully excavated by a team of paleontologists from around the U.K. led by, a visiting scientist affiliated with the University of Manchester who has studied thousands of these creatures and named five species himself.
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