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Fossil Bonanza
Dozens of closely complete fossils of marine reptile known as ichthyosaurs were found in sedimentary rock near the Tyndall glacier in southerly Chile . Readfull story
‘Fish Lizards’
Ichthyosaurs , whose Greek name means " fish lizards , " were a chemical group of big , fast - swim marine reptilian that exist during the Mesozoic Era , about 245 to 90 million years ago . Readfull news report
Well-Preserved Skeletons
The team found fogy from juveniles as well as adult , with the largest more than 16 feet long ( 5 meters ) . The skeletons were exceedingly well preserved — some even retained diffuse tissues . Readfull story
Muddy Demise
Probably kill during a serial publication of catastrophic mudslide , the creatures were uphold in deep - ocean deposit that were afterwards exposed by the thawing glacier , the researchers say . Readfull story
Tyndall Glacier
Stinnesbeck and his squad rule the early Cretaceous ( 100 to 150 million years older ) specimens near the Tyndall Glacier in the Torres del Paine National Park in Chile . Readfull story
Fossils Emerge
As the glacier dissolve , the rock’n’roll curb the fogey became exposed , Stinnesbeck told Live Science . Readfull story
