9.5" Ichthyosaurus Fossil Bone Slab Dorset England Upper Jurassic Age Marine Reptile Certificate of on sale Authenticity Free Stand And Shipping

Location: Dorset, England (Dorset Coast)

Weight: 3 Pounds 4.4 Ounces

Dimensions: 9.5 Inches Long, 6.5 Inches Wide, 1.6 Inches Thick. (Slab)

Bone Dimensions: 6.1 Inches Long, 4.9 Inches Wide on sale 0.7 Inches Thick.

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Comes with a Free Stand.

The item pictured is the one you will receive.

Upper Jurassic Age 145 Million Years old.

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Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles living 145 million years ago, mainly during the Early Jurassic period. It is named 'fish lizard' in Greek. It was discovered in the early 19th century by Mary Anning in England. The name for the marine reptiles group, ichthyosaurs, was first put to use by Charles Konig in 1818. Almost all fossil ichthyosaurs during the 19th century were attributed to the Ichthyosaurus marine reptile, which genus had 50 species by 1900. They were built for speed and paddled with their tails, fins, and short fingers. They were predators from the Ichthyosauria group of animals that breathed air without gills.

Ichthyosaurus was approximately 6 feet long and weighed around 200 pounds. That made it about as long as an adult human male and made it approximately the same average weight as well. It had a bunch of tiny, razor-like teeth That it used to hunt its primary source of food - which would have been fish. It may have also feasted on many of the squids which lived during this time.

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