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Description: | Specimen of a fossil reptile (ichthyosaur), an almost complete paddle of Ichthyosaurus communis, collected from the Lower Lias of Early Jurassic age from Lyme Regis, Dorset (SW England).
Ichthyosaurus communis was a large marine reptile that looked a bit like a dolphin. This fossil is an almost complete paddle, one of the four large fin-like limbs that the ichthyosaur used to swim. If you look closely, you can see that the paddle is made up of many small disc-shaped bones.
The specimen was found in Dorset.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Reptilia Classification: Animalia Chordata Vertebrata | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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