Bennett, S.P.; Barrett, P.M.; Collinson, M.E.; Moore-Fay, S.; Davis, P.G.; Palmer, C.P.
taxonomy · range · morphology · ecology
Primary description of an Ichthyosaurus communis specimen with probable fish gullet contents. The dietary observation applies to that individual, not every Ichthyosaurus species or life stage.
One Ichthyosaurus communis specimen preserves probable fish gullet contents, and comparative vertebral anatomy including I. communis supports caudal-fluke propulsion; neither sample establishes one genus-wide diet, habitat or performance envelope.
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