Marine reptile
- Description
- Jurassic •sea dragonsê were once thought to be fish or lizards. They are now recognised as air-breathing marine reptiles. Unlike most reptiles, ichthyosaurs did not lay eggs but gave birth to live young. They ate other sea creatures including ammonites. This ichthyosaur is 193_200 million years old and was found at Lyme Regis.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 8373
- Collection Class
- Fossils
- Common Name
- marine reptile
- Simple Name
- fossil
- Full Name
- ichthyosaur
- Period Classification
- Jurassic (201-145 million BP)
- Production Date
- 200-193 million BP (about)
- Material
- animal remains, rock
- Collector / Excavator
- David Williams
- Collection Town
- Lyme Regis
- Collection County
- Dorset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Family
- Ichthyosauridae
- Genus
- Ichthyosaurus
- Species
- communis
