Prehistoric 'sea dragon' ichthyosaur fossil discovered in U.K. reservoir
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Jurassic "mega-find."Officials
Anglian Water
Ichthyosaurs
Rutland Water Conservation
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Dean Lomax
Joe Davis
Jurassic
Nigel Larkin
Rachel Elbaum
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British
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the Jurassic Coast
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Rutland Wildlife Trust
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Leicestershire
U.K.
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England
Yorkshire
London
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SectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsLONDON — What began with routine maintenance at a British nature reserve and reservoir has been hailed as a giant Jurassic "mega-find."Officials at Anglian Water and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust said Monday that they had uncovered the skeleton of an extinct prehistoric reptile predator, known colloquially as a sea dragon — the largest and most complete ever discovered in the U.K.The ichthyosaur fossil measures over 32 feet in length and has a 6-foot skull weighing around one ton.
As said here by Rachel Elbaum