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Monday, September 5, 2016

Fossil of 170 million-year-old ichthyosaur found at Scottish loch is freed from rock

Fossil of 170 million-year-old ichthyosaur found at Scottish loch is freed from rock | Daily Mail Online: "A fossilised skeleton of a marine reptile that ruled the seas 170 million years ago has finally been unveiled nearly half a century after it was discovered on the Isle of Skye."

Ichthyosaurs (artist's impression) were powerful marine reptiles with mouth's filled with cone-shaped teeth. They thrived during the Jurassic at a time when dinosaurs rule the land

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