This is a stunning ancient marine reptile called an ichthyosaur. Oh, and it is the only known example of the ichthyosaur called Leptonectes moorei. The fossil was discovered in 1995 by friend and renowned fossil hunter, Chris Moore. It comes from the roughly 190 million year old Jurassic rocks from the foreshore at Seatown, Dorset. It was named in his honour in 1999. I've studied this specimen a bunch of times. It’s such a beautiful fossil. It's not a dolphin. Not a dinosaur. And, well, although
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This is a stunning ancient marine reptile called an ichthyosaur. Oh, and it is the only known example of the ichthyosaur called Leptonectes moorei. The fossil was
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