<description>When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father-daughter duo of fossil hunters furthered paleontologist's understanding of the "giant fish lizard of the Severn." Currently, it is the largest marine reptile known to scientists.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289"&gt;Read more&lt;/a&gt; about this specimen in the study published in the journal &lt;em&gt;PLOS One&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;em&gt;Have another ancient animal or scientific revelation you want us to cover? Email us at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org"&gt;&lt;em&gt;shortwave@npr.org&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; — we might talk about it on a future episode!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about sponsor message choices: &lt;a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"&gt;podcastchoices.com/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

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An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

APR 19, 20248 MIN
Short Wave

An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

APR 19, 20248 MIN

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When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father-daughter duo of fossil hunters furthered paleontologist's understanding of the "giant fish lizard of the Severn." Currently, it is the largest marine reptile known to scientists.

Read more about this specimen in the study published in the journal PLOS One.

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