The Sudden Rise of the First Colossal Animal

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A truly enormous ichthyosaur around the size of a modern sperm whale, reached its size within just a few million years of taking to the water - a blink of an eye in evolutionary time. Thanks to Julio Lacerda (https://twitter.com/JuliotheArtist), Nobumichi Tamura (https://spinops.blogspot.com/), and Dmitry Bogdanov for their excellent reconstructions featured in this video. ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to http://to.pbs.org/DonateEons ***** Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios Super special thanks to the following Patreon patrons for helping make Eons possible: Katherine Harriger, Rebbekah & Adam, Karen Farrell, Trevor Long, Brett Clark, Raphael Haase, Lyndsey McGill, daniel blankstein, DY Corty, Ric, Roberto Adrian Ramirez Flores, Jason Rostoker, Jonathan Rust, Avery Sanford, Mary Tevington, Bart & Elke van Iersel - De Jong, Kip Obenauf, Jules Martineau, William Craig II, Tracey, James Dowling-Healey, Irene Wood, Derek Helling, WilCatRhClPPh33, Mark Talbott-Williams, Nomi Alchin, Michael Hof, Eric Roberto Rodriguez, Hillary, Ryde-Collins, Frida, Yu Mei, Dan Ritter, 4th_phase, Jayme Coyle, Oscar Amoros Huguet, Patrick Wells, Aziza Ashling, Stephanie Tan, Nick Ryhajlo, Sean Dennis, John Pollock, Ben Cooper, Robert Noah, Matt Parker, Heathe Kyle Yeakley, Jerrit Erickson, Anton Bryl, MissyElliottSmith, Stefan Weber, Andrey, Merri Snaidman, Gabriel Cortez, Marcus Lejon, Todd Dittman, Betsy Radley, Anthony, Philip Slingerland, John Vanek, Eric Vonk, Jon Monteiro, James Bording, Miles Chaston, Michael McClellan, Jeff Graham, Daisuke Goto, Gregory Kintz, Chandler Bass, Tsee Lee, Robert Hill If you'd like to support the channel, head over to http://patreon.com/eons and pledge for some cool rewards! Want to follow Eons elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/eonsshow Twitter - https://twitter.com/eonsshow Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/eonsshow/ References: https://docs.google.com/document/d/165scWB9RPVOxGGOjlHqtgtktzc5WaMFjuk1_a7Kqy38/edit?usp=sharing