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This is a backbone, so it's part of the spine, and this is one of more than 150 individual vertebrae in this entire skeleton. so, this individual is not only the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found, the biggest one ever found here in the uk, incredible at ten metres long. but it's actually the biggest prehistoric reptile skeleton ever found here as well, the most complete skeleton. very gently back. 0k. the huge ichthyosaur has now been removed from the reservoir bed. the skull block on its own weighed almost a tonne. having lain in the mud undisturbed for nearly 200 million years, t...

Last february on a bank of mud in a midlands reservoir, joe davis made an extraordinary discovery. i looked down and i saw this series of ridges in the mud. i thought, "hang on, that looks different. there's something there that different." it had organic features on, like where it connects onto the rib. they called back, and a team of dinosaur experts was quickly dispatched. joe hadn't found a dinosaur, but it was an ichthyosaur — a monstrous, air breathing sea reptile, also known as a sea dragon, that swam 250 million years ago. what makes this find so special is just how big it is. not on...

And i looked down, ijust saw this series of ridges in the mud and thought, that looks different, there's something there that's different. and it had organic features almost where it connects onto the rib. so, yeah, that's when we thought we need to call somebody and find out. a team of experts was quickly dispatched. joe hadn't found a dinosaur, but it was an ichthyosaur — a monstrous, air—breathing sea reptile, also known as a sea dragon, that swam about 180 million years ago. back then, rutland and most of the midlands was under water, covered by a warm, shallow sea. what makes this par...

Joe hadn't found a dinosaur, but it was an ichthyosaur — a monstrous, air—breathing sea reptile, also known as a sea dragon, that swam about 180 million years ago. back then, rutland and most of the midlands was under water, covered by a warm, shallow sea. what makes this particular sea dragon so special is its size and condition. this is a backbone, so it's part of the spine, and this is one of more than 150 individual vertebrae in this entire skeleton. so, this individual is not only the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found, the biggest one ever found here in the uk, incredible ...

Covered by a warm, shallow sea. what makes this particular sea dragon so special is its size and condition. this is a backbone, so it's part of the spine, and this is one of more than 150 individual vertebrae in this entire skeleton. so, this individual is not only the most complete ichthyosaur skeleton ever found, the biggest one ever found here in the uk, incredible at ten metres long. but it's actually the biggest prehistoric reptile skeleton ever found here as well, the most complete skeleton. very gently back. 0k. the huge ichthyosaur has now been removed from the reservoir bed. the skull...