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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Ichthyosaur fossil solves reptile riddle

After a decade-long search, scientists said they had found the first fossil of an amphibious ichthyosaur, land-loving reptiles which adapted to the sea after the world was struck by a mass extinction For nearly 150 million years, they were apex predators of the ocean -- streamlined sleek-snouted carnivores called ichthyosaurs.




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