Huge fossilised 'sea dragon' found in UK - BBC News

The fossilised remains of a 10m-long sea predator called an ichthyosaur were found at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, England, during landscaping work.

It is the largest of its type ever discovered in the UK.

Ichthyosaurs lived between 250 million and 90 million years ago and could grow up to 25 metres long.

When water levels at the Rutland reservoir were lowered in the late summer of 2021, a team of palaeontologists came in to excavate the remains.

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[VanlifewithAlan]

Incredibly lucky that the gentleman who discovered realised what it was!

[soumyadeeplovestoexplore]

Seeing this discovery of prehistoric creature, left us quite unimaginable as it comes to a realization that there are so much of fascinating things around the world which are being hidden inside the ground and unaware about that history.

[arunkumarbalakrishnan]

That ichthyosaur seems to share the same spinal problems as me.

[mastery]

I wonder how many unearthed skeletons are there around the UK.
Would love to see findings of even bigger species around the world!

[jasondevon]

Don't put it in bloody London! Display it in Leicester or Peterborough nearby to where it was found.

[floppycheese]

I grew up in there! Would have cycled past it many times without even realising

[kaleem]

Finally, UK has something of its own to showcase in their Museum.

👏👏👏

[Martial-Mat]

What a fantastic discovery! Amazed that it would be in mud rather than rock.

[jkfdkjjd]

Wait... longer than a double decker bus? Surely the noteworthy thing about a double decker bus is it's height... she could have said "Longer than a bus"... whoever wrote that copy is insane

[kirishima]

I love the idea that there are teams of dino specialists on hot standby, waiting to be to displatched to a new discovery! Do they have their own dino-mobile?

[samuraigert]

The pop up is blocking the final shot of the Dragon...

[JasonJTavares]

Now this is what I like to see on the news, truly interesting stuff, things that trigger your mind & ignite your imagination!

[y_fam_goeglyd]

Wow! Every kid's dream! I'd love to have been him at that moment.

[HOLLASOUNDS]

Looks like a crocodile. Lots of great finds in the UK.

[disobeytoday]

The first time in years BBC News has delivered something newsworthy

[keepmoving]

Impressive how they can quickly tell the creature existed 250 million years ago. Mind blowing

[brianuuuSonicReborn]

0:14 "longer than a double-decker bus", comparing length with height, bruh

[frankcarter]

I have several ichthyosaur vertebrae from N yorks, but they're, at largest - 3 cm across - a stunning find

[RebekkaHay]

What exactly did make it “monstrous”? You could just say it was large 😉

[arslansattar]

Finally some beautiful news I've been waiting for. Wow