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First-Ever Giant Ichthyosaur Soft Tissue Fossil Reveals They Were “Silent Swimmers” That Ambushed Their Prey

First-Ever Giant Ichthyosaur Soft Tissue Fossil Reveals They Were “Silent Swimmers” That Ambushed Their Prey

An extraordinary fossil has blown the socks of palaeontologists as it was found to contain the soft tissues of a Temnodontosaurus ichthyosaur, marking the first time we’ve ever found soft tissue remains of a giant ichthyosaur and introducing new-to-science features that reveal how they hunted. The discovery is going to revolutionize the way we look at ichthyosaurs, so said study co-author …

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