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THE complete fossilised remains of one of the biggest sea monsters ever found in Britain have gone back on display for the first time in 20 years after being painstakingly restored.
The fossil of the giant ichthyosaur, which was around eight metres long and swam in the tropical waters which covered North Yorkshire 180 million years ago, is now on display at the Yorkshire Museum in York. It is examined here by Isla Gladstone, Curator of Natural Science.
The ichthyosaur was found in Jurassic rocks near Whitby, a place renowned for its fossil discoveries, and was acquired by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society in 1857, which made an effort to keep it in Britain and in a public collection.
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