A giant Jurassic sea dragon, unearthed | Dean R. Lomax

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Among the dinosaurs, giant sea dragons roamed the ancient ocean. Millions of years later, paleontologist Dean R. Lomax and his team freed the remains of one of these colossal creatures from the Earth. Settle in to learn about the once-in-a-lifetime discovery of the 10-meter-long Rutland ichthyosaur: the largest and most complete ichthyosaur ever unearthed in Britain and one of the greatest finds in the country's paleontological history.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Ted Talks Daily, I'm Elise Hugh, Dinosaurs.
0:08.1	You're about to hear the exciting story of the excavation of a Jurassic Giant, led by
0:14.1	the excavation leader, Dean Lomax.
0:17.3	In his 2022 talk from Ted X Manchester, he describes the work it took to uncover the
0:22.5	Iqfiasaur fossil, and in doing so, he sheds light on the way modern technology has revolutionized
0:28.4	paleontology.
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