Insalela ye-ichthyosaur engamafidi angu-33 ubude, enkulu kunazo zonke e-UK yesilwane esizingelayo esasizulazula emanzini ngesikhathi se-dinosaur, itholwe endaweni yokulondoloza imvelo yamaNgisi.
Lo drako uyinsalela enkulu kunazo zonke nephelele yohlobo lwayo etholwe e-United Kingdom. Futhi kungenzeka kube i-ichthyosaur yokuqala yezwe yohlobo lwayo oluthile (Temnodontosaurus trigonodon). Ibhulokhi ethwele i-cranium engamamitha angu-6 (2m) kanye nobumba oluzungezile iyodwa yayinesisindo sethani uma iphakanyiswa ukuze ilondolozwe futhi ihlolwe.
UJoe Davis, umholi wethimba lezokongiwa kwemvelo leLeicestershire kanye ne-Rutland Wildlife Trust, wabona lo drako ngoFebhuwari 2021 ngesikhathi ethulula isiqhingi esisechwebeni ukuze aphinde abukeke.
UMnu. Davis wathi: “Mina nozakwethu sasihamba ngabheka phansi ngabona lolu chungechunge lwamagquma odakeni.”
“Kwakunento ethile lapho eyayihlukile - yayinezici zemvelo lapho ixhumeka khona ezimbanjeni. Yilapho sicabange khona ukuthi kumele sishayele othile ucingo sizwe ukuthi kwenzakalani.”
"Igcineke kahle kakhulu - kangcono kunalokho engicabanga ukuthi sonke besingayicabanga ngempela."
Uqhubeke wathi: “Okutholakele bekujabulisa futhi kuwuphawu lwangempela lomsebenzi. Kuhle ukufunda okuningi ekutholakaleni kwalo drako futhi ucabange ukuthi le nsalela ephilayo yabhukuda olwandle ngaphezu kwethu. Manje, futhi, i-Rutland Water isiyisiphephelo sezilwane zasendle ezingamaxhaphozi, nakuba ngezinga elincane.”
UDkt. Dean Lomax, isazi se-paleontologist eNyuvesi yaseManchester, wahola ithimba labavubukuli futhi uye wacwaninga ngamakhulu ama-ichthyosaur. Uthe: “Kube yilungelo ukuhola ukumba. Ama- Ichthyosaur azalelwa eBrithani, futhi izinsalela zawo zamathambo sezitholwe lapha iminyaka engaphezu kuka-200.”
"Kuyinto engakaze ibonwe ngempela futhi enye yezinto ezinkulu kakhulu ezitholwe emlandweni waseBrithani we-palaeontology," UDkt. David Norman, umnakekeli wama-dinosaurs e-Natural History Museum yaseLondon, esitatimendeni esibhaliwe.
I-fossil manje iyaphenywa futhi ivikelwe e-Shropshire, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi ibuyiselwe e-Rutland ukuze iboniswe unomphela.
