Hauffiopteryx altera (Latin for different from) has been identified as a new species of Ichthyosaurs by researchers from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart in Germany.
Ichthyosaurs (‘fish lizards’), a group of tuna-shaped reptiles that inhabited Earth’s seas during the Mesozoic Era, were discovered by scientists in the early 19th century. Similar to the modern-day dolphin, ichthyosaurs underwent profound adaptions to aquatic environments including limbs transformed into flippers, a dorsal fin, and a tail fin.