Fiann Smithwick

Fiann Smithwick Instagram – The newest addition to my collection! I found this juvenile ichthyosaur last year, but I’ve only just got it prepped by the talented Craig Chivers at @naturalselectionfossils.
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The fossil was really exposed when I found it, revealed by some rough weather. Another storm would probably have destroyed most of it. The sea had already taken the front paddle and part of the ribcage, so Craig reconstructed these beautifully to show what they would have looked like before being lost to the elements.
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This beautiful little fossil is about 70 cm long and has one of the best skulls of any of my ichthys, and the tiniest back paddles! The tail is also weirdly broken up and the other side of the skull is exposed having drifted slightly when it lay on the seafloor.
Around 198 million years old.
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