Illustration of an ichthyosaur fossil (Ichthyosaurus communis) from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition. Ichthyosaurs were marine reptiles with a body similar to a dolphin's. They used their conical teeth to feed on cephalopods during the Jurassic Period.
Ichthyosaur Fossil, Illustration
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