Paleontologists Identify Fossil from British Columbia as Early Jurassic Ichthyosaur

Jun 16, 2025 - 16:15
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Paleontologists Identify Fossil from British Columbia as Early Jurassic Ichthyosaur
Excavation of Fernatator prenticei’s skeleton. Note that the rostrum is incomplete, although it preserves an additional portion that has since been lost. T. Prentice at right, W. R. Wilson, general manager of the C.N.P. Coal Company, at left. Photo taken circa 1916, Elk River, between Morrissey and Fernie, British Columbia. Photographer unknown. Image credit: Massare et al.

A partial skeleton found in the Fernie Formation in British Columbia, Canada, back in 1916 represents a new genus and species of an extinct marine reptile called ichthyosaur.

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