Amateur fossil hunter finds new ichthyosaur on English coast

[Oxytropidoceras]

New 'sea dragon' species discovered by amateur fossil

hunter off English coast By Jack Guy, CNN, December 10, 2020

 

The open access paper is:

 

Jacobs, M.L. and Martill, D.M., 2020. A new ophthalmosaurid

ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic (Early Tithonian)

Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK, with implications for Late

Jurassic ichthyosaur diversity. Plos one, 15(12), p.e0241700.

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Ludwigia]

I'd heard about Steve Etches' new museum a few years ago and it's good to see that his finds are now being studied in detail.