The News On Ancient Sea Reptiles: Unveiling Discoveries and Fossil History

In this article I cover the lecture by Dr. Darren Naish at Dorset Museum on The News On Ancient Sea Reptiles.

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Warm-Blooded Ichthyosaur: Fossil Discovery Reveals Blubber

On the 5th of December 2018 new research was published by palaeontologists in the Journal of Nature about the analysis of blubber tissue in a preserved specimen of the Early Jurassic ichthyosaur Stenopterygius.

This article will examine this fossil discovery and why it is important evidence for warm bloodedness in ichthyosaurs.

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