The Largest Marine Reptile in History

Discovery of a 2-meter fossilized jawbone in Somerset reveals Ichthyotitan severnensis, a 202-million-year-old ocean colossus rivaling the blue whale. Swipe to see →

THE LILSTOCK MYSTERY AND THE BREAKTHROUGH

The scientific journey leading to the christening of Ichthyotitan severnensis began.

ANATOMY OF A TRIASSIC TITAN

In diapsid reptiles and marine tetrapods, the surangular bone occupies the posterior dorsal portion of the lower jaw, anchoring powerful adductor jaw musculature and articulating with the quadrangular hinge of the cranium.

BIOMECHANICS AND THE METABOLIC PHYSICS

The titanic proportions of Ichthyotitan severnensis pose fascinating biomechanical and physiological questions.

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY: THE TITANS

While early terrestrial dinosaurs of the late Triassic were modest, agile predators barely reaching two to three meters in length, ichthyosaurs in the global ocean had already conquered the crown of the largest living organisms on Earth.

ON THE EVE OF ARMAGEDDON

The geological timing of Ichthyotitan severnensis infuses its discovery with profound evolutionary drama.

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