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Australia (Continent)

Australia is the smallest continent on Earth and one of the most geographically and biologically distinctive landmasses. Situated in the Southern Hemisphere, it is often described as both a continent and a country, as it is almost entirely occupied by the nation of Australia. Its isolation over millions of years has resulted in extraordinary levels […]

Kadimakara australiensis

Biology, Extinct, Ichthyosaurs, Jurassic Fossils, Marine Reptiles, Mesozoic Marine Life, Paleontology of Australia, Science / Australia, Australian fossils, convergent evolution, Early Jurassic, fossil reptiles, Genus, Gondwana, ichthyosaur, Jurassic marine reptile, Kadimakara australiensis, marine paleontology

Kadimakara australiensis is an extinct species of marine reptile belonging to the clade Ichthyosauria, a group of dolphin-shaped reptiles that inhabited the world’s oceans during the Mesozoic Era. The species is known from fossil material discovered in South Australia and dates to the Early Jurassic period, approximately 190–180 million years ago. Originally assigned to the

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