FOSSIL HUNTRESS

The beauties you see here are ichthyosaurs. The largest of their lineage is the genus Shonisaurus who ruled our ancient seas 217 million y...

Dan Bowen, Chair, VIPS, Trent River The rocks that make up the Trent River on Vancouver Island are on the move. They were laid down near of ...

Time Slows at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park High on the hillside up a long entry road sits the entrance to Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in ...

Exposures of the Upper Triassic (Early Norian, Kerri zone), Luning formation, West Union Canyon, just outside Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park,...

 This marvellous block is filled with Aristoptychites (syn= Arctoptychites ) euglyphus (Mojsisovics, 1886) and Daonella sp., oyster-like s...

At least 37 incomplete fossil specimens of the marine reptile have been found in hard limestone deposits of the Luning Formation, in far nor...

This well-preserved partial ichthyosaur was found in the Blue Lias shales by Lewis Winchester-Ellis in 2018. The vertebrae you see are from ...

Reindeer,  Rangifer tarandus  Ice, Snow, Reindeer & Ichthyosaurs — Svalbard is just what I imagine my version of Valhalla to be like, wi...

Temnodontosaurus crassimanus This big beastie is the ichthyosaur, Temnodontosaurus crassimanus , who graced our ancient oceans 180 milli...

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in central Nevada is an important locality for our understanding of the Carn...

Ichthyosaur Basioccipital Bone / Liam Langley A very exciting find of an Ichthyosaur basioccipital bone. This is the bone next to the sk...

We've learned much about the mighty ichthyosaur since first discovering their bones in Wales back in 1699. That's over three h...