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	<title>The Ichthyosaurs Blog</title>
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		<title>Tracks Of Swimming Dinosaurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 14:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve always thought of ichthyosaurs as dinosaurs. But technically, I gather they&#8217;re classed as ancient marine reptiles while dinosaurs were those ancient reptiles that lived on land. Wikipedia highlights this issue more. Ichthyosaurs, of course, could swim. Since they aren&#8217;t dinosaurs, could dinosaurs swim?
Swimming dinosaurs touched bottom of lake from Reuters says yes, certain types. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Searching For Ichthyosaurs In The Arctic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sea monster search draws MSU scientist to land of polar bears from Montana State University&#8217;s press office is a feature looking at their paleontologist Pat Druckenmiller and how he goes to the Arctic in search of fossiles. It touches on him finding a complete ichthyosaur skull in 2004.

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		<title>Ichthyosaur Toys &amp; Novelty Items</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20061119-070626.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2006 07:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathleen Bousquet posted here on the blog that she wanted a replica toy ichthyosaur for her granddaughter. That got me looking to see what&#8217;s out there in the way of ichthyosaur toys and gifts. Not a lot, but I did find her toy and a few other items.
The Miniature Zoo has a plastic toy here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichthyosaur Fins Kept Rigid By Collagen “Fiberglass”</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20061017-162244.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fins of Ancient Marine Reptile Like Fiberglass from LiveScience covers a new study that finds ichthyosaurs  had a fiberglass-like collagen covering on their fins to provide strength. The collagen fibers were discovered after studying well preserved soft-body fossilized tissue.

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		<title>Treasure Trove Of Ichthyosaur Fossils Found In Arctic</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20061005-102949.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 					&#8216;Monster&#8217; fossil find in Arctic from the BBC covers a massive &#8220;treasure trove&#8221; of plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs found on Spitsbergen, a large island between Norway and the North Pole. A giant plesiosaur fossil has been nicknamed &#8220;The Monster&#8221; as it is so large, 8 meters long. They also found an ichthyosaur tooth embedded in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fossilized Embryos From Ping Pong Ichthyosaur</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20060925-112749.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Afarensis, Pregnant Prehistoric Fossil Offers Clues To Past from Science Daily covers the Ping Pong Ichthyosaur I&#8217;ve written about earlier. Nothing that much new from what was covered by sources in my other post, but the article does have a picture of the fossilized embryos worth checking out.

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		<title>New Species: Ping Pong Ichthyosaur (&amp; Pregnant, Too!)</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20060922-095032.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 09:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pregnant prehistoric fossil discovered from United Press International covers a new species named &#8220;Ping Pong Ichthyosaur&#8221; for the spot where the fossils were stored for 25 years &#8212; under a ping pong table!
The fossils were collected decades ago in Canada&#8217;s Northwest Territories and somehow ended up stored under a ping pong table in the science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichthyosaurs Versus Dolphins: Different But The Same?</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20060919-130848.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>General</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Categorizing universal phenotypes from George Dvorsky raises the interesting issue of ichthyosaurs as occupying the role of dolphin&#8217;s in today&#8217;s animal world.
Ichthyosaurs were reptiles; dolphins are mammals. They might look similar, but they were completely different creatures. Still, Dvorsky argues that were the same in terms of the role they played:
In its day [the ichthyosaur] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Ichthyosaur Species, Maiaspondylus, Discovered</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20060919-125432.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Palaonotology,  this new paper covers how at least one new genus and species of ichthyosaurs has been discovered from deposits of the Loon River Formation at Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Cretaceous ichthyosaurs, from what I understand, have all been part of the Platypterygius genus. The new fossils don&#8217;t fit that genus, and so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ichthyosaurs &amp; The Oxford Clay</title>
		<link>http://ichthyosaurs.com/20060913-125611.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daren Naish in Life in the Oxford Clay sea writes about the ancient creatures that can be found in the mudrock formation that covers much of Britain and northern France &#8212; ichthyosaurs among them. Well, one type &#8212; Ophthalmosaurus&#8211; the name coming from its large eyes.

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