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Paleontologists Identify Fossil from British Columbia as Early Jurassic Ichthyosaur

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A partial skeleton found in the Fernie Formation in British Columbia, Canada, back in 1916 represents a new genus and species of an extinct marine reptile called ichthyosaur, according to an international team of paleontologists. Photograph and interpretative drawing of Fernatator prenticei’s skeleton in left lateral view. Image credit: Massare et al. Fernatator prenticei lived […]

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A partial skeleton found in the Fernie Formation in British Columbia, Canada, back in 1916 represents a new genus and species of an extinct marine reptile called ichthyosaur, according to an international team of paleontologists. Photograph and interpretative drawing of Fernatator prenticei’s skeleton in left lateral view. Image credit: Massare et al. Fernatator prenticei lived […]

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