MEGA COOL MEGAFAUNA Creatures of Ancient Seas Anastasia Suen A Division of Rourke Educational Media Carson Dellosa Education Bridges
The Ancient Seas How do we know what lived in the sea long ago Fossils Ancient bones shells and other parts of living things washed up on seashores where people found them Finding fossils led people such as Mary Anning to discover megafauna The rocks on this beach in Lyme Regis England sometimes have fossils in them 4
When she was 12 her brother Joseph found a skull on the beach near their home in England What could it be Mary wanted to know so she spent months digging up sand around the bones to see the entire creature In total it was 17 feet 5 2 meters long A Sea Monster Some people said that Mary had found a sea monster but scientists thought Mary had found the skeleton of a crocodile They argued about what it was for years before naming it Ichthyosaurus which means fish lizard This Ichthyosaurus skeleton has been preserved for millions of years 5
