Ichthyosauria[a] is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides.

Ichthyosaur, any member of an extinct group of aquatic reptiles, most of which were very similar to porpoises in appearance and habits. These distant relatives of lizards and snakes (lepidosaurs) were …

Oct 19, 2023 · Learn about these prehistoric marine reptiles and see how features, such as basketball-sized eyes and a vertical tail, helped the ichthyosaur secure a place at the top of the ancient food chain.

May 20, 2022 · Ichthyosaurs were predatory marine reptiles that could grow to enormous sizes and ruled the seas during part of the dinosaur era. For a chunk of the millions of years when dinosaurs …

As it happens, Temnodontosaurus was the very first ichthyosaur to be discovered, by 12-year-old Mary Anning in 1811, who found remains of its skull and vertebrae on England’s Dorset coast. Despite …

Ichthyosaurs (Greek for "fish lizard"— ιχθυς or ichthyos, meaning "fish" and σαυρος or sauros, meaning "lizard") were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins, with an elongated, toothed …