Forgotten fossil that lay in a museum for over a CENTURY is found to be a new species of 'British' ichthyosaur

The process of identifying a new species usually involves discovering some new fossils.

But isn't always the case, it seems, as a new species of extinct marine reptile has been identified from remains that have been around for over 100 years.

The new species of 'British' ichthyosaur, named Ichthyosaurus larkini, was found when researchers re-examined fossils on display in a museum in Bristol.

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