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Ichthyosaur Collection (page 2)

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus

Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus
These reptiles lived during the Jurrassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Temnodontosaurus platyodon (Conybeare)

Temnodontosaurus platyodon (Conybeare)
The skull of Temnodontosaurus platyodon, an Ichthyosaurus which lived between 201 and 194 million years ago in the Lower Jurassic. It was discovered by Mary Annings brother in 1811 in Lyme Regis

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaur, Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Quenstedt) close-

Ichthyosaur, Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Quenstedt) close-
This Ichthyosaur has been preserved with the broken-up skeletons of the unborn young inside. A fourth may have just been born - its skeleton can be seen below her tail

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaur

Ophthalmosaurus icenius, ichthyosaur
Close up of the eye socket of an extinct marine reptile from the Middle Jurassic (161-157 million years ago) on display in the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaur

Ichthyosaurus communis, ichthyosaur
Close up of the jaw of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London. Specimen collected by Mary Anning

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Eurhinosaurus longirostris, ichthyosaur

Eurhinosaurus longirostris, ichthyosaur
Close up of the skull and eye socket of an ichthyosaur specimen on display at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Excavating at Charmouth

Excavating at Charmouth
A team of palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum excavating an Ichthyosaur at Charmouth beach. December 2004

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Opthalmosaurus & Stenosaurus

Opthalmosaurus & Stenosaurus
Extinct fossil marine reptiles, Opthalmosaurus icenicus (above) and Stenosaurus leedsi (below) from the Upper Jurassic Oxford Clay at Peterborough. On display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus communis (Conybear)

Ichthyosaurus communis (Conybear)
A fossil specimen of an Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Lias, Lyme Regis, Dorset. On display at The Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus intermedius

Ichthyosaurus intermedius
Fossil specimens of the extinct marine reptile Ichthyosaurus intermedius, on display at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Extinct Plesiosaur

Extinct Plesiosaur
PLESIOSAUR and ICHTHYOSAUR fight it out in shallow water, watched by creatures of the land

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus, with Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls

Ichthyosaurus, with Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls
An Ichthyosaurus, with a Plesiosaur and Pterodactyls in a prehistoric landscape

Background imageIchthyosaur Collection: Ichthyosaurus

Ichthyosaurus
An ichthyosaurus, whose name derives from the Greek words for fish and lizard



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