180-Million-year-old Ichthyosaur fossil discovered in UK reservoir
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In between routine maintenance on a U.K. reservoir, a very rare 180 million-year-old sea dragon fossil was discovered by the scientists. The long Ichthyosaur fossil was found during a routine draining of a lagoon at the Rutland Water Nature Reserve. Ichthyosaurs, whose name means “fish lizard,” are distant relatives of lizards and snakes, and were not considered dinosaurs.
