Since there hasn’t been any ichthyosaur news so far this week, I thought I’d review another general resource about these dinosaur dolphins.

This time, it’s the Wikipedia page about them. It starts out explaining that Ichthyosaur comes from the Greek words fish and lizard. You get a general description about them, learning things like they gave live birth to their young (rather than laying eggs, as you traditionally think of when it comes to dinosaurs).

Further down, there’s a history of discoveries. The first was found in Wales, back in 1699 — at least fossil fragments. Nevada has apparently been a hotbed of discoveries, which is one reason why the dinosaur is also the state’s fossil, something I’ll explore more in a future post.

The page ends by covering the evolution of ichthyosaurs and links to a variety of resources. The image above also came from Wikipedia — more about it here.