Here is a reasonably large ichthyosaur skull, complete with eye socket and sclerotic ring. The ring is a structure that supported the soft eye particularly as the animal dived to deep depths in search of food.
Ichthyosaur
Museum:
Dorset
Period:
Lower Jurassic
Strata:
Lower Lias
Fossil Type:
Reptiles >Ichthyosaurs
Common Name:
Ichthyosaur
Age:
195 million years
Where it was Found:
Lyme Regis
Found by:
Unknown
Accession Number:
DCM.G.00006
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