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A man named Bernd Neubig discovered an ichthyosaur skeleton during construction of a railroad in Karlstadt, Germany. The specimen was the most complete ichthyosaur discovered in that region of the country. [38] Gasparini reported the first scientifically documented
Cast of the first known complete Ichthyosaurus specimen (originally referred to as Proteosaurus), which was destroyed during WW2. Ichthyosaurus was the first complete fossil to be discovered in the early 19th century by Mary Anning in England; [9] the holotype of I. communis, no coll. number given, [10] was a fairly complete specimen discovered by Mary and Joseph Anning around 1814 in Lyme ...
Two jawbones of gigantic ichthyosaur were discovered in 2016 [37] and 2020 [38] [39] in Lilstock and Somerset respectively, UK. Simple scaling would suggest that this ichthyosaur has an estimated total length of up to 26 meters (82 feet), the largest known to date marine reptile.
Paleontologist Mary Anning and her older brother, Joseph, discovered the first known ichthyosaur fossils in 1811 and 1812, decades before the word dinosaur was even part of our lexicon. Since then ...
The role of Ruby Reynolds in the discovery has led to comparisons with Mary Anning, the 19th century British fossil hunter and anatomist who, among other things, discovered ichthyosaur fossils ...
But in 1823, Anning was the first person to discover a Plesiosaurus skeleton, which means "near to reptile." Because people were unfamiliar with discoveries like this, they quickly spread rumors ...
Temnodontosaurus is historically the very first ichthyosaur to have been scientifically described. [9] [2]: 1 Around 1810, [a] a certain Joseph Anning discovered the first skull of the taxon on the cliffs of Black Ven, between the town of Lyme Regis and the village of Charmouth, two localities located in the county of Dorset, in the south of England.
Other ichthyosaur remains had been discovered in years past at Lyme and elsewhere, but the specimen found by the Annings was the first to come to the attention of scientific circles in London. It was purchased by the lord of a local manor, [ 18 ] who passed it to William Bullock for public display in London [ 20 ] where it created a sensation.