Community Animals Extinct Animals Marine Reptiles Ichthyosaurs

Ichthyosaurs

MrOwl Community

Ichthyosaurs describes a genus of marine reptiles alive during the late Triassic and early Jurassic period. These shark-like reptiles had long snouts filled with sharp teeth and measured around 2 meters in length.

Ichthyosaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichthyosaurs are large marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia ('fish flippers' - a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1840, although the term is now used more for the parent clade of the Ichthyosauria).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs - The "Fish Lizards" - About

Ichthyosaurs ("fish lizards") ruled the oceans of the Triassic and Jurassic in the same way dinosaurs ruled the land. Here's a look at ichthyosaur behavior and physiology, along with profiles of genera ranging from Californosaurus to Utatsusaurus.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/ichthyosaurs.htm
An Asteroid Didn't Wipe Out Ichthyosaurs - So What Did?

The ichthyosaurs thrived during the dinosaur age, but their gradual loss of territory and species may have led to their ultimate demise.
http://www.livescience.com/51629-ichthyosaur-extinction-explained.html
Ichthyosaur - New World Encyclopedia

Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins, with an elongated, toothed snout like a crocodile.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ichthyosaur
How the Ichthyosaur Got its Fins - AAAS

Reptiles first evolved on the land, but several groups later returned to the oceans, including the ichthyosaurs. The evolutionary origins of these top predators, some of them as large as today's sperm whales, have long been unclear.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/how-ichthyosaur-got-its-fins
BOOM Goes the Ichthyosaur? - Wired

What happened to prehistoric, dolphin-like marine reptiles when they died? Did they sink or they float until the gases from decomposition blew up their bodies and scattered their bones? Laelaps blogger Brian Switek tries to pop the bubble of an ancient mystery.
http://www.wired.com/2012/02/boom-goes-the-ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaur Graveyard Discovered Beneath Glacier - Scientific American

Scientists found dozens of fossils of the marine reptile, measuring up to five meters long, as the melting glacier exposed new rock faces.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ichthyosaur-graveyard-discovered-beneath-glacier/
Ichthyosaurs Fossil Found to be New Species - With Last Meal in its Stomach

Palaeontologist Dean Lomax discovered the fossil in the collection at Doncaster University where it had lain forgotten for 30 years after being found on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2961595/Ichthyosaurs-taste-squid-Forgotten-museum-fossil-new-species-complete-meal-stomach.html
Why an Inhthyosaur Looks Like a Dolphin - National Geographic

Mesozoic "fish lizards", ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles that independently became adapted to a life at sea around 200 million years before dolphins. Despite their distance from the oceanic mammals in both time and evolutionary history, though, ichthyosaurs look enough like dolphins for the two to be practically inseparable in textbooks.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/06/why-an-ichthyosaur-looks-like-a-dolphin/
ichthyosaur - Fossil Reptile Group - Britannica

Ichthyosaur,Â any member of an extinct group of aquatic reptiles, most of which were very similar to porpoises in appearance and habits. These distant relatives of lizards and snakes (lepidosaurs) were the most highly specialized aquatic reptiles, but ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/ichthyosaur

Links
Media

Ichthyosaur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichthyosaurs are large marine reptiles. Ichthyosaurs belong to the order known as Ichthyosauria or Ichthyopterygia ('fish flippers' - a designation introduced by Sir Richard Owen in 1840, although the term is now used more for the parent clade of the Ichthyosauria).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs - The "Fish Lizards" - About

Ichthyosaurs ("fish lizards") ruled the oceans of the Triassic and Jurassic in the same way dinosaurs ruled the land. Here's a look at ichthyosaur behavior and physiology, along with profiles of genera ranging from Californosaurus to Utatsusaurus.
http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/typesofdinosaurs/a/ichthyosaurs.htm
An Asteroid Didn't Wipe Out Ichthyosaurs - So What Did?

The ichthyosaurs thrived during the dinosaur age, but their gradual loss of territory and species may have led to their ultimate demise.
http://www.livescience.com/51629-ichthyosaur-extinction-explained.html
Ichthyosaur - New World Encyclopedia

Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins, with an elongated, toothed snout like a crocodile.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ichthyosaur
How the Ichthyosaur Got its Fins - AAAS

Reptiles first evolved on the land, but several groups later returned to the oceans, including the ichthyosaurs. The evolutionary origins of these top predators, some of them as large as today's sperm whales, have long been unclear.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/11/how-ichthyosaur-got-its-fins
BOOM Goes the Ichthyosaur? - Wired

What happened to prehistoric, dolphin-like marine reptiles when they died? Did they sink or they float until the gases from decomposition blew up their bodies and scattered their bones? Laelaps blogger Brian Switek tries to pop the bubble of an ancient mystery.
http://www.wired.com/2012/02/boom-goes-the-ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaur Graveyard Discovered Beneath Glacier - Scientific American

Scientists found dozens of fossils of the marine reptile, measuring up to five meters long, as the melting glacier exposed new rock faces.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ichthyosaur-graveyard-discovered-beneath-glacier/
Ichthyosaurs Fossil Found to be New Species - With Last Meal in its Stomach

Palaeontologist Dean Lomax discovered the fossil in the collection at Doncaster University where it had lain forgotten for 30 years after being found on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2961595/Ichthyosaurs-taste-squid-Forgotten-museum-fossil-new-species-complete-meal-stomach.html
Why an Inhthyosaur Looks Like a Dolphin - National Geographic

Mesozoic "fish lizards", ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles that independently became adapted to a life at sea around 200 million years before dolphins. Despite their distance from the oceanic mammals in both time and evolutionary history, though, ichthyosaurs look enough like dolphins for the two to be practically inseparable in textbooks.
http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/06/why-an-ichthyosaur-looks-like-a-dolphin/
ichthyosaur - Fossil Reptile Group - Britannica

Ichthyosaur,Â any member of an extinct group of aquatic reptiles, most of which were very similar to porpoises in appearance and habits. These distant relatives of lizards and snakes (lepidosaurs) were the most highly specialized aquatic reptiles, but ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs.
http://www.britannica.com/animal/ichthyosaur

Enter username for account

Enter username for account

Not a member of NMPED Community!

Ichthyosaurs

Ichthyosaurs describes a genus of marine reptiles alive during the late Triassic and early Jurassic period. These shark-like reptiles had long snouts filled with sharp teeth and measured around 2 meters in length.

Logged Out