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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Aegirosaurus
In the mid 1800s, a marine reptile fossil was found in Bavaria, Germany by Dr. Oberndorfer.
In 1853, Dr. Johann Andreas Wagner named the "the Oberndorfer specimen", Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus
During WW2 the holotype was destroyed during a bombing raid.
In 2000, Nathalie Bardet and Marta Fernandez named a neotype from a private collection. They renamed the species Aegirosaurus leptospondylus
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This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Aegirosaurus
In the mid 1800s, a marine reptile fossil was found in Bavaria, Germany by Dr. Oberndorfer.
In 1853, Dr. Johann Andreas Wagner named the "the Oberndorfer specimen", Ichthyosaurus leptospondylus
During WW2 the holotype was destroyed during a bombing raid.
In 2000, Nathalie Bardet and Marta Fernandez named a neotype from a private collection. They renamed the species Aegirosaurus leptospondylus