| Despite their fishlike exteriors, ichthyosaurs had to surface to breathe air and they gave birth to live young. |
| More distantly related to true dinosaurs were the marine plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs. |
| Belemnite hooks are commonly found in the fossilized stomachs of marine reptiles that preyed upon them, such as ichthyosaurs. |
| Marine vertebrates included the large dolphin-like ichthyosaurs and the long-necked plesiosaurs, marine crocodiles, turtles, and other reptiles. |
| Read about the Saurian Expedition of 1905 on which UCMP benefactress Annie Alexander collected many ichthyosaurs. |
| This species is distinguished by the cutting-edges on its flattened tooth crowns, which are otherwise unknown among ichthyosaurs. |
