250 Million Year Old Fossils of World’s Largest Creature Found in Swiss Alps

Fossils of Giant Dolphin-Like Marine Reptiles Found in Swiss Alps – Gizmodo Whale-sized Fish-Lizard creatures called ichthyosaurs were some of the most enormous living beings on Earth 200 million years ago, at up to 80 tons and 65 feet in length.  Finding fossils of massive sea creatures in the high elevations of the Swiss Alps would seem like a modern mystery, but the world has changed dramatically in that time.  The same ‘land’ at 9,186 …

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