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Scientists have discovered fossils of a new species of aquatic reptile that may be the first giant animal that ever lived on Earth. Cymbospondylus youngorum is a new type of ichthyosaur dating back to the early stages of the Age of Dinosaurs.
Researchers have discovered a species from the dinosaur age that predated modern aquatic life but was comparable in size to the massive land predators.
Scientists have discovered fossils of a new species of aquatic reptile that may represent the first giant animal that ever lived on Earth. Named Cymbospondylus youngorum, the creature is a new type of ichthyosaur dating back to the early stages of the Age of Dinosaurs, and grew to huge proportions extremely quickly.
The two-meter skull of a humongous new ichthyosaur species, Earth's first known giant creature, reveals how both the extinct marine reptiles and modern whales became giants.
The two-meter skull of the earliest known species of giant ichthyosaur sheds new light on the marine reptiles' rapid growth into behemoths of the Dinosaurian oceans. It helps us better understand the journey of modern cetaceans (whales and dolphins) to become the largest animals ever to inhabit the Earth.