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An Ichthyosaurus Preserved In Its Blubber

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An exquisitely well-preserved fossil has been unearthed in Germany. The conditions that created this spectacular specimen? Barely any oxygen, heaps of random miracles - and a ton of fat. Join Mat and Dan today as we dig deeper into this week's Paleo News!

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Journal Reference:

  1. Lene L. Delsett, Henrik Friis, Martina Kölbl-Ebert, Jørn H. Hurum. The soft tissue and skeletal anatomy of two Late Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from the Solnhofen archipelago. PeerJ, 2022; 10: e13173 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13173

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      • PeerJ. "Fish-like marine reptile buried in its own blubber in Southern Germany 150 million years ago." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 7 April 2022. .

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