Marine reptile
Ichthyosaurus
Mary Anning helped discover and bring attention to its fossils in nineteenth-century England.
Ichthyosaurus gave its name to a group of marine reptiles that became known thanks to fossils such as those discovered by Mary Anning.
Three stages. One companion.
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Ichthyosaurus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Ichthyosauria
- Ichthyosaurs
- Fossil locations
- Germany, Portugal, England, Switzerland
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Ichthyosaurus
It gave its name to the group of ichthyosaurs and is one of its best-known genera. Some fossils previously attributed to it actually belong to other genera, such as Protoichthyosaurus.
Mary Anning helped discover and bring attention to its fossils in nineteenth-century England. Some specimens once assigned to Ichthyosaurus have since been moved to other genera. Checking these identifications clarifies which features and locations really belong to this animal.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Ichthyosaurus
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- Ichthyosaurus
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- Ichthyosauria
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