Long-ignored ichthyosaur determined to be new species
By Brooks Hays | Oct. 10, 2017 at 12:35 PM
A reexamination of several ichthyosaur specimens revealed the dolphin-like reptile to represent a new species.
Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Fresh analysis of a long-ignored ichthyosaur -- relegated to museum storage closets for decades -- revealed the fossil specimens to represent a new species.
The ichthyosaur, a dolphin-like marine reptile, was originally discovered in 1979 by British palaeontologist Robert Appleby, who named the new species Protoichthyosaurus. But Appleby's peers dismissed his discovery, suggesting the species was identical to a common ichthyosaur named Ichthyosaurus.
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