Rutland

Giant ‘Sea Dragon’ Unearthed From Mud Is The Largest Ever Found in The UK

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An astonishing fossil of an extinct ‘sea dragon’ discovered by a wetland conservationist one day at work has been hailed as the largest and most complete fossil of its kind ever found in Britain.   The fossil, identified as an ichthyosaur, an ancient marine reptile that swam in Earth’s prehistoric oceans when dinosaurs walked on … Read more

Fossils: UK’s largest ichthyosaur was a 10-metre-long apex predator

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The largest ichthyosaur fossil ever found in the UK has been unearthed in the Rutland Water Nature Reserve Life 10 January 2022 By Jason Arunn Murugesu The ichthyosaur skeleton found at Rutland Water Nature Reserve MATTHEW POWER PHOTOGRAPHY Gigantic dolphin-like marine reptiles once swam the seas. Now, a near complete fossilised skeleton of a 180-million-year-old … Read more