When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs. By Kate Golembiewski In ...
A father and daughter duo found a fossil that may change what scientists know about prehistoric animals. Justin Reynolds and 11-year-old Ruby found pieces of fossilized bone on the beach in ...
Accompanied by her father, Justin Reynolds, Ruby stumbled upon several bone fragments embedded in rock during a fossil-hunting expedition near the village of Blue Anchor. Little did they know that ...
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A fossil find by 15-year-old Ruby Reynolds in the UK has led to the discovery of a new giant sea reptile species that could have been over 25m in length. In May 2020, Ruby, who was then 11-years ...
In short: A fossil jawbone that was found on an English beach by an 11-year-old girl and her father has been identified as an icthyosaur. The ichthyosaur is estimated to have been between 22 and ...
Dean Lomax, Ruby Reynolds, Justin Reynolds, and Paul de la Salle with ichthyosaur fossil – Courtesy of Dean Lomax While these fossils may not look like much, they are part of the jawbone of what ...
An 11-year-old girl on a fossil hunt with her father uncovered a chunk of jawbone, leading paleontologists to later identify the ...
A jaw-dropping discovery by a father-daughter fossil-collecting team has unearthed what scientists believe to be the largest marine reptile to ever roam the Earth's oceans. Found on a beach in ...
In 1811, a 12-year-old girl named Mary Anning discovered a fossil on the beach near her home in southwestern England — the first scientifically identified specimen of an ichthyosaur, a ...
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