A prehistoric squid was the last meal of a newborn ichthyosaur 200 million years ago, scientists have found. The surprise discovery was made in the stomach of the smallest and youngest specimen of ...

Scientists have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and found an additional surprise preserved in its stomach. Scientists from the UK have identified the ...

Scientists studying the fossil of a newborn reptile from 200 million years ago know what the baby ate for dinner right before it died: squid. Where the ichthyosaur’s stomach used to be, there were ...

Ichthyosaurus Communis is one of the first-known species of ichthyosaur to exist on Earth, and some U.K.-based paleontologists recently happened upon quite the fascinating fossil of one. Image Credit: ...

Ichthyosaurs, which are similar-shaped to dolphins and sharks, but are reptiles, swam the seas for millions of years during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They were the first, large ...

Scientists from the UK have identified the smallest and youngest specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis on record and found an additional surprise preserved in its stomach. The ichthyosaur fossil has a ...