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Title Ichthyosaur Fossil Discovered In Private Collection Confirms New Species Media name/outlet IFL Science Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 1/02/18 Description Dean Lomax is seriously dedicated to ichthyosaurs and he’s kind of our hero for it.
So much so that he’s already discovered five different species, including further evidence of one newly-discovered species that’s been hiding out in one man’s private collection for the last 22 years.
The first Wahlisaurus massarae, named after his colleagues and mentors Bill Wahl and Professor Judy Massare, was discovered in 2016 when Lomax stumbled upon the skeleton in Leicester’s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery. After further examination, the University of Manchester palaeontologist noticed several unusual features of the bones that had never been seen before.URL www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ichthyosaur-fossil-discovered-in-private-collection-confirms-new-species/ Persons Dean Lomax Title One of the world’s rarest prehistoric reptile specimens has been identified Media name/outlet iNews Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/02/18 Description One of the world’s rarest prehistoric reptile specimens has been discovered in a private collection more than 20 years after it was originally found.
The 200 million-year-old fossil is only the second example of Wahlisaurus massarae – a new species of ichthyosaur.
It was discovered by Dean Lomax, a palaeontologist at the University of Manchester, after being originally found in 1996.URL https://inews.co.uk/news/one-worlds-rarest-prehistoric-reptile-specimens-identified/ Persons Dean Lomax Title Rare 200 million-year-old ichthyosaurus fossil discovered in a private collection two decades after it was uncovered is only the second example of its species ever found Media name/outlet Mail Online Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 1/02/18 Description A rare 200 million-year-old fossil of a marine reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs has been identified more than two decades after it was discovered.
The ichthyosaur, whose name translates as 'fish lizards' from ancient Greek, were widespread during the Mesozoic Era.
Ichthyosaurs recently featured in the BBC documentary Attenborough And The Sea Dragon and their remains have been discovered as far afield as the Americas, Europe and Australia.URL www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5339619/Rare-200-million-year-old-fossil-marine-reptile-found.html Persons Dean Lomax
Keywords
- ichthyosaur
- fossils
- palaeontology