{"id":1767,"date":"2017-10-04T20:07:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/147.91.204.66\/wordpress\/incredibly-we-now-know-the-last-meal-of-a-creature-that-lived-200-million-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2017-10-04T20:07:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:07:15","slug":"incredibly-we-now-know-the-last-meal-of-a-creature-that-lived-200-million-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/147.91.204.66\/wordpress\/incredibly-we-now-know-the-last-meal-of-a-creature-that-lived-200-million-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Incredibly, We Now Know The Last Meal Of A Creature That Lived 200 Million Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":" <style>\r\n  .ui-tabs {display: table; }\r\n  .ui-tabs-nav {display: table;}\r\n \r\na.ui-tabs-anchor {\r\n\tfont-family: Tahoma;\r\n\tfont-size: 15px; \r\n\tcolor: #B52700;\r\n        margin: 5px 20px;\r\n}\r\n\r\ndiv.ui-tabs-panel {\r\n\tfont-family: Tahoma;\r\n\tfont-size: 14px;\r\n\tfont-weight: normal;\r\n\tcolor: #B35B22;\r\n}\r\n\r\n  <\/style><p>check out this post on Incredibly, We Now Know The Last Meal Of A Creature That Lived 200 Million Years Ago<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>If you\u2019re anything like us you\u2019ll struggle to remember what you had for dinner last night, but now scientists have managed to unearth the last meal eaten by a creature that died a staggering 200 million years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>The team were studying the fossilised remains of the \u2019I<\/span><span>chthyosaurus Communis\u2019 &#8211; one of the first species of a group of sea-going reptiles that lived in the late Triassic and early Jurassic period in Europe and Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>The find was remarkable, firstly because it was the only example of a newborn ichthyosaurus ever to be found by humans, and secondly because it had a stomach full of prehistoric squid.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image\"><img class=\"image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/59d34a192d00009c1730857a.jpeg?cache=shinnccisy&amp;ops=scalefit_630_noupscale\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nUniversity of Manchester\/Julian Kiely\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>The \u2018<span>I<\/span><span>chthyosaurus Communis\u2019 lived in\u00a0<\/span>Belgium, England, Germany, Switzerland and Indonesia, and has been known to science for nearly 200 years, but this is the first time the team have uncovered such detail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>Paleontologist Dean Lomax, who worked on the study, said: \u201cIt is amazing to think we know what a creature that is nearly 200 million years old ate for its last meal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>Measuring in at a total length of approximately 70cm (adult relatives normally grow up to 3.3 metres in length), the team at the University of Manchester, used a CT-scanner to create a 3D model of the animal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>Lomax said: \u201cWe then found many tiny hook-like structures preserved between the ribs. These are from the arms of prehistoric squid. So, we know this animal\u2019s last meal before it died was squid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>This also lead the team to conclude that younger examples of the species \u201cfed exclusively on fish\u201d and had a totally different prey-preference to their parents and other elders.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>First discovered and recognised by science in 1821, with many uncovered by Victorian paleontologist, Mary Anning, along the coast at Lyme Regis, Dorset, the ichthyosaurus is one of the most common Early Jurassic fossil reptiles in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>Despite this, there are few examples of complete or well-preserved fossils, making this find even more exceptional: \u201cThis specimen is practically complete and is exceptional. It is the first newborn\u00a0<\/span><span>Ichthyosaurus Communis<\/span><span>\u00a0to be found, which is surprising&#8230;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><span>It was initially believed that\u00a0<\/span><span>Ichthyosaurus<\/span><span>\u00a0laid eggs on land, but now fossil evidence shows that in fact the females gave birth to live young, and were born tail first to stop them from drowning in the water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/2017\/10\/03\/last-meal-of-a-creature-that-lived-200-million-years-ago_n_18170402.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-tech&amp;ir=UK+Tech\">view original<\/a><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\n jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n    jQuery( \"#tabs_1767\" ).tabs({\r\n    collapsible: true,\r\n    active: false\r\n        });\r\n\tjQuery( \".scroller_1767\" ).width(jQuery( \".scroller_1767\" ).width()+1);\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n  });\r\n  \r\n  <\/script>\r\n  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>check out this post on Incredibly, We Now Know The Last Meal Of A Creature That Lived 200 Million Years Ago If you\u2019re anything like us you\u2019ll struggle to remember what you had for dinner last night, but now scientists have managed to unearth the last meal eaten by a creature that died a staggering &hellip; 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