#protoichthyosaurus

[ppaleoartistgallery]

#Paleostream 7/02/2026

this week on #Paleostream we sketched Guidraco, Dinosaurus, Eretmorhipis, and Protoichthyosaurus

i did finish last week's sketches but im too lazy to post them :P

[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…

Here's a copy of my life-size Protoichthyosaurus model, commissioned (2021) by the Cole Museum at the University of Reading.

[veloci-raptor]

Flocking Together

Guidraco/Dinosaurus

Eretmorhipis/Protoichthyosaurus

[eartharchives]

“Faked” fossils reveal hidden marine reptile diversity

Over 20 specimens of Ichthyosaurus from the 1700s and 1800s were misidentified due to fabricated body parts. A study suggests they belong to a sister genus, Protoichthyosaurus.

By applying the latest knowledge and technological innovations, even last century’s bones can tell us new stories. 

Image by University of Nottingham - Dean R. Lomax

[taggthewanderer]

An ichthyosaur first discovered in the 1970s but then dismissed and consigned to museum storerooms across the country has been re-examined and found to be a new species.