Prehistoric marine reptiles. Shown here are Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus (now called Cricosaurus). These reptiles lived during the Jurassi

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Prehistoric marine reptiles. Shown here are Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Stenosaurus (now called Cricosaurus). These reptiles lived during the Jurassic period, about 150 million years ago. Watercolour by the British sculptor and artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-1894).

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Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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