It might not be well known outside of palaeontology that the south-west of England is famous for its marine reptile fossils. But it is: some of the best, most historically significant, plesiosaur and ichthyosaur specimens have come from Street in Somerset and from Lyme Regis and Charmouth in Dorset.
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In 1928 a curious discovery was made at Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, located just about 350 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The area was once a seafloor during the Triassic period, 250 million to 200 million years ago, and a treasure trove of fossils of a type of school bus-sized aquatic reptile called the ichthyosaurus,. Read more »