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17 August 2026 EN everythingdinosaur

A New Late Jurassic Ichthyosaur from the German Plattenkalk Deposits

Germany Jurassic Late Jurassic Tithonian fossil Aegirosaurus Ichthyosauria Jabalisaurus new species

Scientists have described a new species of Jurassic ichthyosaur from southern Germany. The new species named Jabalisaurus tethyensis, lived around 149 million years ago during the Late Jurassic (Tithonian faunal stage). Remarkably, some fossils assigned to Jabalisaurus tethyensis had previously been classified as Aegirosaurus. The research highlights the hidden diversity of ichthyosaurs in the famous

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