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.
A sea monster that lived during the early dinosaur age is so unexpectedly colossal, it reveals that its kind grew to gigantic sizes extremely quickly, evolutionarily speaking at least.
It's the largest animal found from that time period, both in the sea and on land, and currently holds the title of first giant animal to ever inhabit Earth.
The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into behemoths of the Dinosaurian oceans.