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‘At four meters long, complete, and with embryos in gestation, the excavation will help to provide information on its species, the palaeobiology of embryonic development, and a disease that affected it during its lifetime,’ said the study’s lead author, Dr. Judith Pardo-Perez of the University of Magallanes.

Along with Fiona, the crew uncovered 23 more specimens during the expedition, making the Tyndall Glacier the world’s most prolific ichthyosaur cemetery.

‘The expedition’s results exceeded all expectations,’ said the expedition’s leader. Dr. Pardo-Perez continued.

‘We expect to acquire outcomes just on diversification, discrepancy, as well as palaeobiology of the marine reptiles of the Tyndall Glacier locality, create diplomas of bone sophistication, and environmental niches to assess potential nutritional transition process that took place all through their evolution, and that could help to establish palaeobiogeographical connections with ichthyosaurs from other latitudes.’

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