These award-winning dinosaur replicas are authenticated by the paleontologists of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. This collection features highly detailed and carefully hand-painted dinos in either 1:20 or 1:40 scales. Each replica comes with 5-language educational hangtag. All our products are hand-painted, phthalate-free and thoroughly safety tested. Replica size: 8" L x 2.25" H [20 x 5.7 cm]. Suggested age 3+
NAME: Ichthyosaurus (“fish lizard”)
KIND: Ichthyosauria (“fish lizards”)
FOOD: Molluscivore and piscivore (mollusk and fish eater)
WHEN: Early Jurassic (about 200 million years ago)
WHERE: Europe
LENGTH: 7 feet (2.1 m)
WEIGHT: About 220 pounds (100 kg)
SCALE: 1:10
Educational Information
Ichthyosaurus is not a fish, dolphin, or dinosaur, but rather an ichthyosaur – an extinct type of aquatic reptile. Its outward resemblance to fishes and dolphins is due to convergent evolution, the process by which unrelated species develop similar features in response to living comparable lifestyles. Ichthyosaurs appeared at the beginning of the Mesozoic Era, or Age of Dinosaurs, about 245 million years ago, and survived nearly to its end. Extraordinary fossils reveal that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs like most other reptiles. Ichthyosaurus is among the best-known ichthyosaurs. It preyed primarily on fishes and squid-like invertebrates.
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