Crystal Palace Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaurs

Description

A scale model in bronze showing the life-size ichthyosaur statue erected in Crystal Palace Park, London, in 1853-1855. The models were probably made by sculptor Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins. This model depicts three different species:* Ichthyosaurus communis* and *I. tenuirostris* (now *Leptonectes tenuirostris*) meaning ‘fish lizard’, and the larger *Temnodontosaurus platydon*, meaning ‘cutting-tooth lizard’. For more information, see [https://cpdinosaurs.org/visit/statue-details/ichthyosaur](//https://cpdinosaurs.org/visit/statue-details/ichthyosaur).