Ichthyosaur fossil found in Nevada named for brewery founder

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Ichthyosaur fossil found in Nevada named for brewery founder

Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette Journal, Jan. 11, 2022 

 

Central Nevada ichthyosaur fossil reveals surprising information

KOLO, Channel 8, Nevada, Dec. 25, 2021

 

Papers are:

 

Delsett, L.L. and Pyenson, N.D., 2021. Early and fast 

rise of Mesozoic ocean giants. Science, 374(6575), pp.1554-1555.

 

Sander, P.M., Griebeler, E.M., Klein, N., Juarbe, J.V., 

Wintrich, T., Revell, L.J. and Schmitz, L., 2021.

 Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body

 size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans. Science, 374(6575), no. eabf5787.

 

Related paper is:

 

Kelley, N.P., Motani, R., Embree, P. and Orchard, M.J., 2016.

A new Lower Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblage from

Fossil Hill, Nevada. PeerJ, 4, p.e1626.  

 

Peer j. web page with link to PDF

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

Edited January 16, 2022 by Oxytropidoceras
added open access paper