Genus: Ichthyosaurus De la DECHENE & CONYBEARE, 1821
Etymology: Greek, ikhthyos (ikthys), “fish”, Greek, sauros, “lizard”:
Fish lizard.
Species: communis De la DECHENE & CONYBEARE, 1821
Etymology:
Referred material:
DEEMING, HALSTEAD, MANABE & UNWIN, 1993
Locality: At low water mark near Kilve, (National Grid reference ST 144447), Somerset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Psiloceras johnstoni subzone.
Age: Hettangian Stage, Lower Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.
Material: Nearly complete specimen with embryo’s.
Kilve B, BRSMG Ce 16611: An embryo.
Note: ‘is an ichthyosaur embryo which died about half way through the gestation period, and represents one of the earliest ontogenttic stages yet pressured in the ichthyosaur record.WOODWARD
Locality: Sommerset County, England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower Lias Epoch, Early Jurassic.
Material:
Number: Not given: Skull and skeleton showing embryos.