"Father-Daughter Team Unearths Largest Prehistoric Sea Beast Fossil"

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"Father-Daughter Team Unearths Largest Prehistoric Sea Beast Fossil"
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A father-daughter team in England discovered a fragment of a new species of giant ichthyosaur, a marine reptile from the Late Triassic period, on Blue Anchor Beach. Working with paleontologists, they identified the find as a new species and named it Ichthyotitan severnensis. The discovery adds to a mysterious gap in the fossil record and sheds light on the evolution of large marine reptiles. The team hopes their find will inspire others to revisit their fossil collections in the region.

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