Re: [dinosaur] Nannopterygius (Ichthyosauria) redescribed, with species from Russia and Svalbard

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

> Nikolay G. Zverkov & Megan L. Jacobs (2020)
> Revision of Nannopterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae): reappraisal of 
> the 'inaccessible' holotype resolves a taxonomic tangle and reveals an 
> obscure ophthalmosaurid lineage with a wide distribution.
> Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa028 (advance online 
> publication)
> [...]
>
> The Late Jurassic ichthyosaur Nannopterygius is among the poorest known, with 
> the only skeleton, NHMUK PV 46497, on display in the Natural History Museum, 
> London and, therefore, difficult to access. [...}

I've seen conference presentations about this. The specimen is mounted on a 
wall some 3 m (uh... 10 ft) above the floor. They had to build a kind of selfie 
stick to take photos of it.