Oldest 'fish-lizard' fossils ever found suggests these sea monsters survived the 'Great Dying'
By Harry Baker, LIveScience, March 18, 2023
The fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur dating back to shortly after the Permian mass
extinction suggest that the ancient sea monsters emerged before the catastrophic event
Oldest sea reptile from Age of Dinosaurs found on Arctic island
Uppsla University, March 13, 2023
The paper is:
Kear, B.P., Engelschiøn, V.S., Hammer, Ø., Roberts, A.J. & Hurum, J.H., 2023: Earliest Triassic
ichthyosaur fossils push back oceanic reptile origins. Current Biology 33(5), R1-R2
Yours,
Paul H.