[Rockhounds] Ichthyosaur Origin Might Predate Permian-Triassic Extinction Event

[Paul]

Oldest 'fish-lizard' fossils ever found suggests these sea monsters 
survived the 'Great Dying'
By Harry Baker, LiveScience, March 18, 2023
The fossilized remains of an ichthyosaur dating back to shortly after 
the Permian mass
extinction suggest that the ancient sea monsters emerged before the 
catastrophic event
https://www.livescience.com/worlds-oldest-ichthyosaur-remains

Oldest sea reptile from Age of Dinosaurs found on Arctic island
Uppsla University, March 13, 2023
https://www.uu.se/en/press/press-release/?id=6142&typ=pm&lang=en

The paper is:

Kear, B.P., Engelschiøn, V.S., Hammer, Ø., Roberts, A.J. & Hurum, J.H., 
2023: Earliest Triassic
ichthyosaur fossils push back oceanic reptile origins. Current Biology 
33(5), R1-R2
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098222201990X

Yours,

Paul H.