
A recently discovered fossil dating back 110 million years suggests ichthyosaurs were not dining on belemnites alone. This revelation "has the scientific world in a tail-spin." Coverage can be found on news.com.au:
Bone debunks monster theory
Good article, but I thought that the scientific community already knew that Icthyosaurs were not feeding exclusively on Belemites?
Hi Tony,
Thanks for the heads-up on the bird fossil. In my research on ichthyosaurs, I found no statement to the effect that they became extinct because the belemnites disappeared. In fact, belemnites survived the ichthyosaurs by millions of years, so the disappearance of the belemnites had nothing to do with the demise of the last of the ichthyosaurs.
Here's a drawing from "Sea Dragons" of an ichthyosaur (Shastasaurus)
chasing squid -- or maybe belemnites.
Richard