Fossil ichthyosaur dị mita 33 n'ogologo, nke kachasị na UK nke anụ anụ na-agbagharị n'ime mmiri n'oge oge dinosaur, ka achọpụtala na ebe nchekwa ọdịdị nke bekee.
Dragọn a bụ ụdị anụ ọhịa kachasị na nke zuru oke nke achọtara na United Kingdom. O nwekwara ike ịbụ ichthyosaur mbụ nke obodo nke ụdị ya (Temnodontosaurus trigonodon). Ngwongwo ahụ bu cranium 6ft (2m) na ụrọ gbara ya gburugburu tụrụ otu tonne mgbe ebuliri ya maka nchekwa na nyocha.
Joe Davis, onye ndu otu nchekwa nke Leicestershire na Rutland Wildlife Trust, hụrụ dragọn a na February 2021 ka ọ na-ekpochapụ otu agwaetiti ọdọ mmiri maka ịghagharị ala.
Maazị Davis kwuru: "Mụ na otu onye mụ na ya na-arụkọ ọrụ nọ na-aga, m ledara anya wee hụ usoro ugwu a na apịtị."
"Enwere ihe dị iche - o nwere njirimara organic ebe ọ na-ejikọta na ọgịrịga. Ọ bụ mgbe ahụ ka anyị chere na anyị kwesịrị ịkpọ mmadụ ka anyị mata ihe na-emenụ.”
"Ọ tụgharịrị na echekwara ya nke ọma - karịa ka m chere na anyị niile gaara eche n'ezie."
Ọ gara n'ihu sị: "Nchọpụta ahụ bụ ihe na-adọrọ adọrọ na ezigbo ọrụ. Ọ dị mma ịmụta ọtụtụ ihe site na nchọta dragọn a na iche na fossil a dị ndụ gwuru n'oké osimiri n'elu anyị. Ugbu a, ọzọkwa, Rutland Water bụ ebe obibi maka anụ ọhịa mmiri mmiri, n'agbanyeghị n'ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ dị nta."
Dr. Dean Lomax, onye ọkà mmụta ihe omimi na Mahadum Manchester, duuru otu ndị na-egwupụta ihe ma mee nyocha ọtụtụ narị ichthyosaurs. Ọ sịrị: “Ọ bụ ihe ùgwù iduzi ihe ndị a gwupụtara n'ala. A mụrụ Ichthyosaurs na Britain, a chọpụtawokwa fossils ha ebe a kemgbe ihe karịrị afọ 200.”
"Ọ bụ nchọpụta a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya na otu n'ime nchọpụta kachasị ukwuu n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke palaeontology nke Britain," Dr. David Norman, onye na-ahụ maka dinosaurs na London's Natural History Museum, kwuru na nkwupụta ederede.
A na-enyocha ma chekwaa fossil ugbu a na Shropshire, mana enwere ike iweghachi ya na Rutland maka ngosipụta na-adịgide adịgide.
