Researchers found ichthyosaurs achieved gigantism remarkably quickly, aided by post-extinction ecological opportunities. The two-meter (6.6-foot) skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into behemoths of the Dinosaurian oceans, and helping us better understand the journey of modern cetaceans (whales and … Continue reading Earth’s First Giant: Newly Discovered Species of Ichthyosaur Was Behemoth of Dinosaurian Oceans