Dinosaur found in Yorkshire ‘pregnant mum’

    Photo Credit - N. TAMURA/UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

    Scientists studying a dinosaur that was unearthed in Yorkshire have found that it was a pregnant mother.

    The 180-million-year-old ichthyosaur was discovered near Whitby, North Yorkshire, in 2010. It has since been housed at a museum in York.

    A team from the University of Manchester has now said up to eight tiny embryos were identified between the fossilised ribs of the marine reptile.

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