Ichthyosaur, Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Quenstedt)
This Ichthyosaur has been preserved with the broken-up skeletons of the unborn young inside. A fourth may have just been born - its skeleton can be seen below her tail. This specimen lived between 187 and 178 mya.
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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: animal, diapsid, diapsida, display, fossil, fossilised, holzmanden, ichthyosaur, ichthyosauria, jurassic, mesozoic, palaeontological, palaeontology, paleo, paleontology, phanerozoic, pregnant, prehistoric, prehistory, quadriscissus, quenstedt, replica, reptile, reptilia, sauropsid, sauropsida, stenopterygiidae, stenopterygius
