Ichthyosaur: Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in Rutland reservoir
The creature lived more than 90 million years ago and its remains were found poking out of the mud. …
“It’s not often you are responsible for safely lifting a very important but very fragile fossil weighing that much,” said Nigel Larkin, palaeontological conservator and Visiting Research Fellow at Reading University. “It is a responsibility, but I love a challenge.”