ZinaDinosaur's avatar
Oh, right... I forgot about the largest Icthyosaurs. Now I'm reminded of those big Icthyosaurs such as Shonisaurus and Thalattoarcon.
SpinoInWonderland's avatar
Well, they're not very well-known. Here's all the data I can collect about them:

Fleming et al., 1971, "New Zealand Ichthyosaurs—a summary, including new records from the Cretaceous"

It mentions a ~45-centimeter vertebral centrum, and some ~38-centimeter ones as well, which were described by Hector. For comparison, those of Shastasaurus-sized ichthyosaurs measured about ~20ish centimeters across.


Zammit, 2010, "A review of Australasian ichthyosaurs"

It mentions a centrum of Hector's giant ichthyosaur as ~45 centimeters across and roughly twice the dimensions of the centra of Shastasaurus.

Not very open-access :( (Sad) , but you can use Sci-Hub on them.
YWhaleJoe's avatar
I know about the "Sea Amphi".