Noun
One of the Ichthyosaura.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHer discoveries included the first ichthyosaur skeleton correctly identified; the first two more complete plesiosaur skeletons found; the first pterosaur skeleton located outside Germany; and important fish fossils. Source: Internet
King Frederick Augustus II of Saxony visited her shop in 1844 and purchased an ichthyosaur skeleton for his extensive natural history collection. Source: Internet
She showed it to her friend Elizabeth Philpot who was able to revivify the ink and use it to illustrate some of her own ichthyosaur fossils. Source: Internet
The business had become important enough that the move was covered in the local paper, which noted that the shop had a fine ichthyosaur skeleton on display. Source: Internet
Vertebrate fossils, such as ichthyosaur skeletons, sold for more, but were much rarer. Source: Internet