Largest-ever marine reptile found with help from an 11-year-old girl - NPR
WEBMay 6, 2024 · A father and daughter discovered fossil remnants of a giant ichthyosaur that scientists say may have been the largest-known marine reptile to ever swim the seas.
An 11-Year-Old Girl’s Fossil Find Is the Largest Known Ocean Reptile
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Two centuries later, less than 50 miles away, an 11-year-old girl named Ruby Reynolds found a fossil from another ichthyosaur. It appears to be the largest marine reptile known to science.
Ancient fossils lead to discovery of largest known marine reptile | CNN
WEBApr 17, 2024 · A massive jawbone found by a father-daughter fossil-collecting duo on a beach in Somerset along the English coast belonged to a newfound species that’s likely the largest known marine...
Ancient reptile fossil shines new light on early marine evolution
WEBJun 19, 2024 · Scientists have discovered a 246 million-year-old marine reptile fossil, the oldest of its kind to be found in the Southern Hemisphere, shining a new light on the early evolution of...
11-Year-Old Uncovers Fossils of Giant Ichthyosaur in England, the ...
WEBApr 19, 2024 · They recognized the fossils, uncovered along the River Severn, were from the jawbone of an ichthyosaur—a prehistoric marine reptile that resembles an enormous version of a modern-day dolphin.
An 11-year-old unearthed fossils of the largest known marine reptile - NPR
WEBApr 19, 2024 · When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father...
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
WEBApr 17, 2024 · A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among...
New species of extinct marine reptile found with help from 11 …
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Some newly described jawbone fossils uncovered in England represent a new ichthyosaur species. The bones indicate that the ocean titan may have been over 82 feet long, and even pushed the...
Enormous ancient sea reptile identified from amateur fossil find - BBC
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Scientists have identified what was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas - a creature longer than two, nose-to-nose buses. The creature lived around 202 million years...
Fossil found on a beach by tween reveals massive marine reptile - CNN
WEBApr 20, 2024 · Now reassembled with the help of experts, the fossils Ruby found have revealed the jawbone of a giant ichthyosaur that roamed the seas 202 million years ago.