The up to six-meter-long ichthyosaur Eurhinosaurus still posed a puzzle to scientists: Its upper jaw is three times as long as the lower jaw, yet it carries teeth all the way to the tip of the snout. The purpose of this “overbite” is still unknown.
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Title: Ichthyosaur
Location: Holzmaden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Type: original
Rights: Sven Tränkner Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
size: 5 m
scientific name: Eurhinosaurus longirostris
geological Age: Early Jurassic
age: 185 mil. years
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