This appeared similar and I remarked to Paul that they looked like vertebrae. “I worked out on the Hebrides, so I’ve found whale and dolphin skeletons before. The remains were found by Joe Davis, a Rutland Water Conservation Team Leader, and his colleague Paul Trevor during routine draining of a lagoon island in February 2021.Īmerica is changing faster than ever! Add Changing America to your Facebook or Twitter feed to stay on top of the news.Īccording to Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, Davis noticed what looked like “clay pipes” sticking out of the ground, except that “they looked organic.” Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust January 10, 2022 It is the biggest and most complete skeleton of its kind found to date in the UK! ![]() The fossilised remains of Britain’s largest ichthyosaur, colloquially known as a ‘Sea Dragon’, has been discovered at Rutland Water Nature Reserve. Officials from the Anglian Water and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust on Monday announced the largest and most complete skeleton of an ichthyosaur found in Britain was discovered at Rutland Water Nature Reserve early last year. The creatures resembled modern dolphins or sharks in body shape and could grow up to more than 60 feet in length. Ichthyosaurs, known informally as sea dragons, evolved from a group of land reptiles that returned to sea over time. Ichthyosaurs were large marine reptiles that made their emergence during the Triassic period, about 250 million years ago, and went extinct about 90 million years ago. ![]() The fossilized remains of a giant prehistoric ichthyosaur were discovered on the grounds of a British nature reserve and reservoir during routine maintenance work, in what researchers say is the “paleontological discovery of a lifetime.”
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