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Description: | This jaw fragment is from a marine reptile known as an Ichthyosaur which, grew up to 3m long and looked like a dolphin with a long snout. Its cone-shaped teeth fit closely together and have distinctive vertical grooves. Ichthyosaurs were predators and scavengers that fed mainly on fish, ammonites and belemnites. They were unusual reptiles because they gave birth to live young (most reptiles lay eggs on land). This may have been an adaptation to their marine habitat.
Stratigraphy: Cretaceous (Early) & Aptian - Albian / 99 - 121 my | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.palaeobiology.74749 | Go to resource |
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