ichthyosaurus

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• Enaliosaurians ('sea-lizards'), a group of gigantic Mesozoic reptiles of which the ichthyosaurus and plesiosaurus were the chief.

• The Ichthyosaurus had an enormous head, with powerful jaws, furnished with numerous and strong teeth.

• I measured a vine-like ichthyosaurus that was crawling to leeward, flat upon the earth.

• This reptile, which was smaller than the Ichthyosaurus, has been found as long as from twelve to fifteen feet.

• The Ichthyosauria are confined to beds of Secondary age and by far the best known genus is Ichthyosaurus.