ichthyosaur, megapredators, reptile

4-Meter Reptile Found in the Belly of Prehistoric Marine Carnivore

When paleontologists digging in a quarry in southwestern China uncovered the nearly complete skeleton of a giant, dolphin-like marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur, they didn’t expect to find another fossil in its stomach. This second skeleton belonged to a four-meter-long, lizard-like aquatic reptile known as a thalattosaur and is one of the longest fossils ...

Troy Oakes

Xingyi Geopark Museum.