| Dinosaurs like the displayed ichthyosaur are very rare and, therefore, valuable finds. |
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| He swore, by the way, that, in 1895, he had seen an ichthyosaur in the swamps not far from Tanganyika. |
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| The plesiosaur, the ichthyosaur, and the as yet unnamed dinosaur had all been found in limestone deposits that were attributed to what was then called the Secondary and is now known as the Mesozoic era. |
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| The delights on display in hall A6 include some spectacular belemnites, the predecessors of today's squid and, the highlight, a four-metre long opalised ichthyosaur. |
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| One of the features of Jurassic oceans was an abundance of large sharks, and also of huge marine crocodiles, both of which were partial to ichthyosaur lunches. |
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| An example is the convergence of the streamlined form in the bodies of squid, shark, seal, porpoise, penguin, and ichthyosaur, animals of diverse ancestry. |
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| Mary is known to have uncovered the world's first skeleton of an Ichthyosaur at the age of twelve near her home in Lyme Regis Dorset. |
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| She became an expert on the fossils to be found in the Blue Lias around the town and discovered the first complete Ichthyosaur skeleton at The Spittles. |
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| The Dorset section has yielded important fossils, including Jurassic trees and the first complete Ichthyosaur, discovered near Lyme Regis in 1811 by Mary Anning. |
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