Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Museum publications This detailed ichthyosaur model captures

This detailed ichthyosaur model captures a prehistoric marine reptile in a remarkable moment – giving birth while swimming through the ancient seas

introducing ichthyosaurs

meticulously crafted by the acclaimed palaeoartist Sante Mazzei

The history and prehistory of an extraordinary fossil site by Steve Lippis

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Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Museum publications This detailed ichthyosaur model capturesTorynomma quadrata (Square Crustacean Crab) is an extinct marine arthropod from Australias Cretaceous inland seas. This species is dated to approximately 95104 million years ago (Cretaceous) and is known from the Allaru Formation at Currane Station, Ilfracombe, Central West Queensland. The specimen represents a benthic crustacean that lived on or near the sea floor within the warm shallow waters of the Eromanga Sea system. Originally described in 1953