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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

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Dolphin-shaped sea reptiles: fast swimmers with huge eyes that gave birth to live young at sea instead of laying eggs on land.

Who it is related to: A branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs; exactly where it sits on the family tree is still debated.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Ichthyosaurs
Family
Unknown
When it lived
168.6–184.2 million years ago
Geologic stages
Toarcian – Bajocian
Named by
Brusatte et al., 2015
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • United Kingdom

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata