Fossil named after Nevada brewer who named his beer after it
RENO, Nev. (AP) — First, the beer was named for the fossil. Now, it's come full circle, as a species of the fossil found in Nevada is named for the maker of the
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — First, the beer was named for the fossil. Now, it's come full circle, as a species of the fossil found in Nevada is named for the maker of the
The first giant creature to inhabit the earth, the ichthyosaur, dominated the earth’s oceans in the Triassic period. Nearly 2.5 million years later, in 1993, Great Basin Brewing Company in Sparks debuted the Ichthyosaur IPA in honor of the extinct creature.
The skull of the first giant creature to inhabit the earth, the ichthyosaur, is now known as Cymbospondylus youngorum.
The skull of the first giant creature to inhabit the earth, the ichthyosaur, is now known as Cymbospondylus youngorum.
The roughly 30-foot-long fossil found in England offers new clues to how ichthyosaurs evolved into marine titans.