Ancient reptiles that resemble these fish have large eyes for fruit wines, which gave it an extraordinary sight - very good for the pursuit of an agile fish in ancient seas.
Ophthalmosaurus created for speed and endurance. Matching fins, streamlined bodies and large tails that enable it to streaking across the water looking for fish or squid to catch him with a long jaw filled with teeth.
Foreign usually still full of fossils shows that Ophthalmosaurus and ichthyosaurs (marine reptiles), others give birth in water, such as whales and dolphins today. Some fossils are female with the unborn child therein; other females died in childbirth.
Dino Info
Length: 3-4 meters
Weight: Perhaps up to 500 kilograms
Eyes: 10 inches wide
Food: Most of the squid and fish
Fossil Ophthalmosaurus - most are still incomplete - is found in place covering the field in northern Europe and North and South America, in England, France, Canada, America and Argentina.
Other Facts
Ophthalmosaurus have more 'thumb' on the fins are wider than the other close relatives.Ichthyosaur usually have five fingers on each flipper, but the reptile has no less than eight.At Ophthalmosaurus fossil was first discovered in Britain in the early 18th century, most people think they are the skeleton of a dolphin extinct or extinct crocodiles at the time of the great flood recounted in the story of Noah.Largest ichthyosaur ever found - in Nevada, America - is a very large animal, known as Shonisaurus, which grow to 15 meters in length. These early ichthyosaur lived more than 200 million years lalum at the end of the Triassic age. He has a long tail and more slender and a pair of paddle-like fins, each up to 2 meters longDiscover also the story of dinosaurs as well as other dinosaur picture