File:EB1911 Palaeontology - ichthyosaur with young - skeletons.jpg

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English: An ichthyosaur (I. quadriscissus) containing in the body cavity the partially preserved skeletons of seven young, proving that the young of the animal developed within the maternal body and were brought forth alive; i.e. that the ichthyosaur was a viviparous animal.
Date published 1911
Source “Palaeontology,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 20, 1911, Plate I, fig. 1.
Author Unknown photographer
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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