This Early Jurassic ichthyosaur is
. Stencotervcius. and it is from the Early
Jurassic Posidonia Shale of
Holzmaden, Germany Some oi, the
ring-like vertebrae have been displaced during
preservation, as has the end of -the rear (pelvic) flipper
Lonq, thin ribs have also been scattered across the
main body region. The front flipper shows numerous
digit bones setclosely together, which in life would
have been bound with muse/eand connective tissue