Germany’s Famous Fossil Beds Yield New Species of Jurassic Ichthyosaur

An artistic reconstruction of Jabalisaurus tethyensis, depicted in the water column close to the surface while pursuing halecomorph fishes. Image credit: Giovanni Serafini.

Dr. Erin Maxwell from the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart and colleagues have identified a second species from the German Plattenkalk limestone deposits: Jabalisaurus tethyensis.

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