Hiding in Plain Sight: 220-Million-Year-Old Sea Dragon Found in Museum Rock After Decades

Hiding in Plain Sight: 220-Million-Year-Old Sea Dragon Found in Museum Rock After Decades

Ichthyosaur fossil confirmed for the first time in western Japan — also marks Japan’s first discovery of a Late Triassic ichthyosaur. Researchers have confirmed that a fossil discovered in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, is the first ichthyosaur ever found in western Japan. The fossil, embedded in rock from the Late Triassic period (about 220 million [...]