Dr. Robert Bakker - Ichthyosaur fossil

[Thagomizer]

For more on the first fossil hunters and their discoveries, I recommend "Dragon Seekers" by Christopher McGowan, "Terrible Lizard" by Deborah Cadbury, and "The Fossil Hunter" by Shelley Emling.

[zytigon]

For more about the Ichthyosaur & fossils try the superb book ' The ancestor's tale' by Richard Dawkins. For more on evolution try Daniel Dennett, ' Darwin's Dangerous Idea '

[silasbechard1]

so...... how the hell do you pronounce it?

[gardener68]

I was just looking at restorations of early icthyosaurs and early whales. They're evolutionary pathways caused both clades to develop very similar adaptations. Cymbospondylus and Protocetus look remarkably similar in overall body plan. Long bodies, handlike flippers, like ocean going crocodiles.

[OmegaWolf747]

She was about to give birth when she died. I wonder if icthyosaurs cared for their young like dolphins, or if the young were autonomous like sharks.

[tyrantslayer24]

Well icthyosaurs were repties. Reptiles don't have that big of brains to care for their young. However, if they had the behavior of crocodiles, which care for their young, then I would say it is very possible that they cared for the young.

[OmegaWolf747]

Crocodiles and alligators care for their young.

[kmncztms]

In hl1, ichthyosaur in a little different

[Jordyy11122244t]

omg im afraid now that i know it was once real in hl1 that thing scared me