Huge Fossilized ‘Sea Dragon’ Found in Rutland

Lorraine Ferrier
By Lorraine Ferrier
January 11, 2022NTD UK News
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Scientists have hailed one of the greatest finds in British palaeontological history after the largest fossilized remains of a prehistoric sea dragon were discovered in the Midlands. Joe Davis from Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust found the fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur, a warm-blooded, air-breathing sea creature that probably looked like a giant dolphin.

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