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



Well, Nikolay actually used a fishing rod :)

pà 15. 5. 2020 vÂ18:32 odesÃlatel David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at> napsal:
> 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.


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