Video about the Evolution of the Ichthyosaurs
Music by White Bat audio https://www.youtube.com/@WhiteBatAudio
Thumbnail by Julio Lacerda
Visuals by Julian Johnson-Mortimer
Illustrations by Satoshi Kawasaki and Ceri Thomas
Icons next to names indicate the diet :
🐟 Fish
🪱 Invertebrates
🦪 Shelly mollusks
🐚 Ancient marine mollusks
🦀 Aquatic arthropods
🦑 Cephalopods
🥩 Meat
🐙 Jellyfish
The whole playlist : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZFljdk_R2daQUpjwiAOvjlP8M0rt5a8H
Sources and more informations about the animals shown :
Hupehsuchus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/h/hupehsuchus.html
Eretmorhipis - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Whole-views-of-the-two-specimens-of-Eretmorhipis-carrolldongi-gen-et-sp-nov-A-the_fig7_277411141
Cartorhynchus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/cartorhynchus.html
Sclerocormus - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-holotype-of-Sclerocormus-parviceps-gen-et-sp-nov-a-Whole-specimen-b-Skull_fig1_303446420
Tholodus - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=263039
Omphalosaurus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/o/omphalosaurus.html
Chaohusaurus - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Stylized-reconstruction-of-adult-and-embryo-of-Chaohusaurus-in-comparison-to-a-derived_fig8_260214224
Utatsusaurus - https://www.reptileevolution.com/utatsusaurus.htm
Mixosaurus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/m/mixosaurus.html
Barracudasauroides - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=263052
Cymbospondylus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/cymbospondylus.html
Californosaurus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/c/californosaurus.html
Thalattoarchon - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/t/thalattoarchon.html
Himalayasaurus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayasaurus
Shastasaurus - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/shastasaurus.html
Shonisaurus - http://www.reptileevolution.com/shonisaurus_sikanniensis.htm
Leptonectes - http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=150185
Excalibosaurus - https://www.mindat.org/taxon-4818039.html
http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/e/eurhinosaurus.html
Temnodontosaurus - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Holotype-de-Temnodontosaurus-burgundiae-GAUDRY-1891-lichthyosaure-de_fig7_325385593
Ichthyosaurus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaurus
Stenopterygius - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/s/stenopterygius.html
Kyhytysuka - https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kyhytysuka-sachicarum-10319.html
Ophthalmosaurus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmosaurus
Brachypterygius - http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/b/brachypterygius.html
Grendelius - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Skeletal-reconstruction-of-Grendelius-alekseevi-based-on-some-cranial-and-postcranial_fig1_288829963
Platypterygius - https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/fact-sheets/platypterygius-australis/
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Ichthyosauriformes
1:55 Omphalosauridae
4:00 Ichthyopterygia
5:10 Mixosauridae
6:20 Cymbospnodylidae
7:05 Merriamosauria
8:15 Shastasauridae
10:30 Leptonectidae
12:00 Temnodontosauridae
13:00 Ichthyosauridae
13:50 Stenopterygiidae
14:30 Ophthalmosauria
15:15 Ophthalmosauridae