An gano burbushin ichthyosaur mai tsawon ƙafa 33, mafi girma a Burtaniya na wani mafarauci da ya yi yawo a cikin ruwa a zamanin dinosaur, a cikin wani wurin ajiyar yanayi na Ingilishi.
Wannan dodanni shine mafi girma kuma mafi cikar burbushin halittu da aka gano a kasar Ingila. Hakanan yana iya zama ichthyosaur na farko na ƙasar na takamaiman nau'insa (Temnodontosaurus trigonodon). Katangar da ke ɗauke da cranium mai tsawon ƙafa 6 (2m) da yumɓun da ke kewaye da ita kaɗai ya yi nauyin ton yayin da aka ɗaga shi don kiyayewa da jarrabawa.
Joe Davis, shugaban ƙungiyar kiyayewa na Leicestershire da Rutland Wildlife Trust, ya hango wannan dodon a watan Fabrairun 2021 yayin da yake kwashe wani tsibiri na lagoon don sake fasalin ƙasa.
Mista Davis ya ce: "Ni da wani abokin aikina muna tafiya sai na leko, na ga jerin gwano a cikin laka."
"Akwai wani abu da ya bambanta - yana da siffofi na halitta inda yake haɗuwa da hakarkarinsa. A lokacin ne muka yi tunanin cewa akwai bukatar mu kira wani mu ji abin da ke faruwa.”
"Ya zama an kiyaye shi sosai - fiye da yadda nake tsammani dukkanmu da gaske muke zato."
Ya kuma cewa: "Abin da aka samu ya kasance mai ban sha'awa da kuma haskaka aiki na gaske. Yana da kyau mu koyi abubuwa da yawa daga gano wannan dodon da kuma tunanin cewa wannan burbushin halittu mai rai ya yi iyo a cikin tekuna sama da mu. Yanzu kuma, Rutland Water mafaka ce ga namun dajin, ko da kuwa a kan ƙaramin sikelin.”
Dokta Dean Lomax, masanin burbushin halittu a Jami'ar Manchester, ya jagoranci tawagar binciken kuma ya yi bincike kan daruruwan ichthyosaurs. Yace: “Abin alfahari ne na jagoranci aikin tono. An haifi Ichthyosaurs a Biritaniya, kuma an gano burbushin su a nan sama da shekaru 200.”
"Bincike ne da gaske wanda ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba kuma ɗaya daga cikin mafi girma da aka samu a tarihin burbushin halittu na Biritaniya," Dr. David Norman, mai kula da dinosaurs a gidan tarihi na tarihi na London, ya ce a cikin wata rubutacciyar sanarwa.
Yanzu ana binciken burbushin da kuma kare shi a Shropshire, amma da alama za a mayar da shi Rutland don nunawa na dindindin.
