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.
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 creature - Cymbospondylus youngorum - may have been Earth s first giant creature, palaeontologists led from the Universities of Bonn have reported.