How to Use ichthyosaur in a Sentence

ichthyosaur

noun

• Pterosaurs took to the skies, while ichthyosaurs flourished in the oceans.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• The ichthyosaur will be ready to go on display in the next 18 to 24 months.
  — Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2022
• This suggests the tail was ripped off by the ichthyosaur.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2020
• Around 240 million years ago, the same may have been true for the ichthyosaur.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020
• The ichthyosaur might have swum through reefs in the South Pacific.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Sep. 2017
• The first full ichthyosaur fossil was thought lost to the ravages of World War II.
  — Gemma Conroy, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2022
• At first glance, the ichthyosaur didn't look like a major predator.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2020
• The ichthyosaur is of the genus Guizhouichthyosaurus and would have looked something like a large dolphin with long slender jaws.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2020
• The ichthyosaur is a large marine reptile with paddle-like limbs and sharp teeth.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Jan. 2022
• Other ichthyosaur remains had been found in the area, but this was the only complete one found.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022
• It is believed to be the first ichthyosaur of its species, Temnodontosaurus trigonodon, discovered in the U.K.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2022
• Scientists may be able to learn more from the discovery of this new ichthyosaur.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Jan. 2022
• The fossilized remains of the ichthyosaur were found in southwestern China in 2010.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 23 Aug. 2020
• The ichthyosaur might have scavenged the carcass of a thalattosaur that died by other means.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
• The remains of the ichthyosaur, estimated to be around 180 million years old.
  — Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2022
• Instead, they were still attached to the torso within the ichthyosaur's stomach.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2020
• Druckenmiller, an expert on ichthyosaurs, said less than a half-dozen have been found in Alaska.
  — Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Sep. 2017
• Because the barite gave the ichthyosaur’s bones a bright glow, the team was able to observe anatomical features that had been overlooked or obscured.
  — Jack Tamisiea, New York Times, 1 June 2023
• The skeleton belongs to the Ophthalmosaurus family of ichthyosaurs—huge-eyed creatures with long, thin mandibles that helped them catch fish and squid.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• Paleontologists say the tooth belonged to an ichthyosaur up to 50 feet long that swam the ancient seas.
  — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 21 June 2022
• The process also will help determine the specific species of ichthyosaur found, according to the release.
  — Jordan Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021
• For one, the fossil represents the first Jurassic-era ichthyosaur ever found India.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 27 Oct. 2017
• These small, yet abundant prey, would have helped the ichthyosaur grow exponentially faster.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Jan. 2022
• Experts estimate the body of the ichthyosaur was approximately 85 feet in length.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
• In water, the laws of hydrodynamics explain the sleek, tapered body shape shared by the shark (a fish), the dolphin (a mammal) and the extinct ichthyosaur reptile, which plied the Mesozoic oceans.
  — Charles S. Cockell, WSJ, 7 June 2018
• Google reports 554 million webpages that mention this word—while ichthyosaur, which was rejected, is nowhere near it (less than a million).
  — Wired, 8 Nov. 2019
• An original recipe, this delicious American-style IPA derives its name from the state fossil—the ichthyosaur.
  — Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2021
• Though the prehistoric oceans were teeming with fierce marine predators like the ichthyosaurs and mesosaurs, those leviathans were not dinosaurs, but rather marine reptiles like sea turtles.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2017
• These included ichthyosaurs—dolphin-like reptiles—as well as turtles, fish, ammonites, crabs, mollusks, sharks, and at least one species of crocodyliform.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
• But the Warwickshire skull's excellent preservation means that scientists are still learning new things about the ichthyosaur lived.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2019

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024