Dinosaur hunters find 180-million-year-old 'sea dragon' skeleton with one-tonne skull

Dinosaur hunters have found an ancient “sea dragon” - in the Midlands.

The scientists are now celebrating what they are describing as one of the “greatest finds” in British palaeontological history after the prehistoric remains were discovered.

The ichthyosaur, approximately 180 million years old with a skeleton measuring around 10 metres in length and a skull weighing approximately one tonne, is the largest and most complete fossil of its kind ever found in the UK.

It was discovered by Joe Davis of Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust during a routine draining of a lagoon island at Rutland Water in February 2021.