When the dinosaurs walked the Earth, massive marine reptiles swam. Among them, a species of Ichthyosaur that measured over 80 feet long. Today, we look into how a chance discovery by a father-daughter duo of fossil hunters furthered paleontologist's understanding of the "giant fish lizard of the Severn." Currently, it is the largest marine reptile known to scientists. <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289">Read more</a> about this specimen in the study published in the journal PLOS One. Have another ancient animal or scientific revelation you want us to cover? Email us at <a href="mailto:shortwave@npr.org">shortwave@npr.org</a> — we might talk about it on a future episode! Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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An 11-Year-old Unearthed Fossils Of The Largest Known Marine Reptile

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