Ichthyosaur Skeleton Panel Replica
$1,740.00
Ichthyosaur skeleton panel replica is 60.0 x 2.5 x 26.0 in. The plaque is museum-quality cast from BYU specimen for marine biology. Scale 1:1.
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Description
Ichthyosaur skeleton panel replica measures 60.0 x 2.5 x 26.0 inches. Ichthyosaur skeleton plaque is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from Brigham Young University specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Ichthyosaur skeletons, often found in Jurassic marine rocks, exhibit a dolphin-like, convergent evolution structure designed for fully aquatic life, featuring large, deep-diving eyes with protective bony sclerotic rings and limbs adapted into steering paddles.
They ranged from 1 to 26 meters, possessing cone-shaped teeth, a long snout, and a vertebral column designed for powerful, fish-like swimming.
These creatures swarmed the northern coast of Pangea during the Early and Middle Triassic periods. Paleontologists track their presence across Japan, China, Canada and Spitsbergen, Norway. True ichthyosaurus eventually outcompeted and replaced this ancestral stem group later in the Middle Triassic.
Scientific Classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Clade: †Eoichthyosauria
- Order: †Ichthyosauria Blainville, 1835
- Species: Specimen unassigned
- Biomial Name: †Ichthyosaurus sp.
- Conservation status: Extinct
Enhance your prehistoric marine exhibits by paring the ichthyosaur skeleton panel alongside the mosasaurus skull replica to contrast the dolphin-like body. Expand your ancient ocean themed exhibit with the plesiosaurus skeleton replica to show visitors a completely different Mesozoic hunting strategy.
Complete the evolutionary comparison by adding the allodesmus kelloggi skeleton panel replica to demonstrate how mammalian pinnipeds independently developed matching aquatic adaptations millions of years later.
Additional information
| Weight | 75.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 60.0 × 2.5 × 26.0 in |
