ICHTHYOSAURS and relatives . Size comparison and data

Ichthyosaurs were the ¨cetaceans¨ of the time of Dinosaurs. Their name literally means fish-reptile, and rightfully so, since after the Permian extinction, they rapidly evolved from some land reptile into highly specialized marine giants. They were very prolific from the Triassic to the Jurassic, starting to fade out during the Cretaceous Instagram: @mariolanzarensis Prints, T-Shirts and more here: Music: ¨Underwater¨ by Meydän FEATURED TAXA: Cartorhynchus, Hupehsuchus, Eretmorhipis, Mixosaurus, Utatsusaurus, Parahupehsuchus, Stenopterygius, Ichthyosaurus, Kyhytysuka, Pervushuvisaurus, Besanosaurus, Guizhouichthyosaurus, Thalatthoarchon, Temnodontosaurus, Cymbospondylus, Shoisaurus, Himalayasaurus and more