Zinthu zakale zokhala ndi utali wa mamita 33 za ichthyosaur, zazikulu kwambiri ku UK za nyama zolusa zomwe zinkayendayenda m'madzi nthawi ya dinosaur, zapezedwa m'malo osungirako zachilengedwe ku England.
Chinjokachi ndiye chinthu chachikulu kwambiri komanso chokwanira kwambiri chamtundu wake chomwe chinapezeka ku United Kingdom. Ayeneranso kukhala ichthyosaur yoyamba ya dziko la mitundu yake yeniyeni (Temnodontosaurus trigonodon). Mdadada wonyamula 6ft (2m) cranium ndi dongo lozungulira lokha unkalemera matani imodzi ukakwezedwa kuti asungidwe ndikuwunika.
A Joe Davis, mtsogoleri wa gulu loteteza zachilengedwe la Leicestershire ndi Rutland Wildlife Trust, adawona chinjokachi mu February 2021 akukhuthula chilumba chanyanja kuti akakonzenso malo.
Bambo Davis anati: "Ine ndi mnzanga wina tikuyenda ndipo ndidayang'ana pansi ndikuwona zitunda zingapo zili m'matope."
"Panali china chake chomwe chinali chosiyana - chinali ndi zinthu zachilengedwe pomwe chimalumikizana ndi nthiti. Apa m’pamene tinkaona kuti tikufunika kuyimbira foni munthu kuti tidziwe zomwe zikuchitika.”
"Zidasungidwa bwino - bwino kuposa momwe ndikuganizira kuti tonsefe tikanaganiza."
Ananenanso kuti: "Zopezazo zakhala zochititsa chidwi komanso zowunikira kwambiri pantchito. N’zosangalatsa kwambiri kuphunzira zambiri kuchokera pamene chinjokachi chinatulukira komanso kuganiza kuti zinthu zakale zamoyo zimenezi zinasambira m’nyanja pamwamba pathu. Tsopano, kachiwiri, Rutland Water ndi malo a nyama zakuthengo za madambo, ngakhale pamlingo wocheperako.
Dr. Dean Lomax, katswiri wa paleontologist pa yunivesite ya Manchester, anatsogolera gulu lofukula zinthu zakale ndipo wafufuza mazana a ichthyosaur. Iye anati: “Unali mwayi waukulu kutsogolera pakukumba. Ma Ichthyosaur anabadwira ku Britain, ndipo zokwiriridwa pansi zakale zapezeka kuno kwa zaka zoposa 200.”
"Ndi chinthu chomwe sichinachitikepo ndi kale lonse ndipo ndi chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu kwambiri zomwe zapezedwa m'mbiri yakale ya Britain," Dr. David Norman, wosamalira ma dinosaur pa Natural History Museum ku London, anatero m’mawu ake olembedwa.
Zotsalirazo tsopano zikufufuzidwa ndikutetezedwa ku Shropshire, koma zikutheka kuti zidzabwezeretsedwa ku Rutland kuti ziwonetsedwe kosatha.
