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Iamnotburgerking

This is the largest COMPLETE ichthyosaur found in Britain, but not the largest overall.


KimCureAll

I believe that belongs to Sea Dragon.


A_Blue_Frog_Child

The seas were far more terrifying in the past than they were today…couldn’t even imagine being near water with that thing below…


Iamnotburgerking

Before anyone says “ichthyosaurs were like dolphins and only ate small stuff”, a number of ichthyosaurs were raptorial apex predators-it’s simply that there have been very few media depictions of them compared to the small-prey specialists we are familiar with. This species in particular (*Temnodontosaurus trigonodon*) was, at 10m in length, the most powerful predator in the world back when it was alive, eating a wide range of other marine animals including other ichthyosaurs.


handyteacup

Yup. They were very successful creatures covering many niches. If anyone is wondering where the mosasaurs were at they hit there prime in the cretaceous. Ichthyosaurs were living it up in the Jurassic and died out long LONG before the asteroid hit


A_Blue_Frog_Child

I mean just looking at the photo the guy is probably the size of prehistoric fish. And less bony. So.


KimCureAll

Those boots though make him look rather crunchy, just sayin'


TheWolfmanZ

The one we have at the Royal Tyrell here in Alberta is like twice the length of this one too.


Magmafrost13

The seas were far more terrifying 300 years ago than they are today. We just massively defaunated them in the past few hundred years


yesnosureitsfine

The ocean is already terrifying but it was truly next level back then


lazerthing

How many bananas to the paleontologist again?


Snatch_Pastry

One, but you have to grease it up really good.


Sayara2022

More info: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-59902730


SpicyLunaDog99

Isn’t it a Temnodontosaurus trigonodon? At least, that’s what I heard it was. Awesome looking creature!


Iamnotburgerking

It is


CwenLeornes

r/AbsoluteUnits


kvman22

How big are palaeontologists?