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Ichthyosaur

Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt

Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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
Senckenberg Nature Museum Frankfurt

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