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Utah's Fossil Caves Reveal Ancient Sea Life

Utah’s Fossil Caves Reveal Ancient Sea Life

Gargi Chakravorty

Imagine venturing deep into Utah’s remote caves, flashlight in hand, only to discover the perfectly preserved remains of creatures that swam in ancient oceans hundreds of millions of years ago. This isn’t a fantasy – it’s happening right now across Utah’s desert landscape. From the House Range in Millard County to the depths of Boomerang ...

a toy alligator is laying down on a white surface

Ichthyosaurs: The 250-Million-Year-Old Dolphin-Like Reptiles of the Deep

Suhail Ahmed

They looked like sleek torpedoes carved from shadow and muscle, yet these ocean hunters were not fish and not mammals, but reptiles that mastered the seas long before whales even existed. For about 160 million years, ichthyosaurs raced through ancient oceans, evolving streamlined bodies and enormous eyes that cut through dim light like headlights in ...