Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus and Ichthyosaurus communis battling in front of an erupting volcano. Plesiosaurus, extinct genus of large marine sauropterygian reptile of the Jurassic. Ichthyosaurus, extinct genus of ichthyosaurs from the late Triassic and early Jurassic Plesiosaurus und Ichthyosaurus communis Conybeare. Colour printed illustration by F. John from Wilhelm Bolsche’s Tiere der Urwelt (Animals of the Prehistoric World), Reichardt Cocoa company, Hamburg, 1908.

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