Chile’s first complete ichthyosaur recovered from a glacier in Patagonia

The fossilized remains of Chile's first complete ichthyosaur have been unearthed from a melting glacier deep in the Patagonia area of the South American country. Dr Judith Pardo Perez with the ichthyosaur skeleton [Credit: Alejandra Zuniga, 2010] In an expedition led by the University of Magallanes (UMAG) in the Tyndall Glacier area of Chilean Patagonia during March and April 2022, within the boundaries of the Torres del Paine National Park, the intact remains were delicately...