What is Ichthyosaurus?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Triassic]] - [[Early Jurassic]], {{fossil range|Rhaetian|Pliensbachian}} | image = Ichthyosaurus communis 2.JPG | image_upright = 1.15 | image_caption = Fossil specimen of ''I. communis'' | taxon = Ichthyosaurus | authority = [[Henry De la Beche|De la Beche]] & [[William Daniel Conybeare|Conybeare]], [[1821 in paleontology|1821]] | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Ichthyosaurus communis''''' | type_species_authority = De la Beche & Conybeare, 1822 | subdivision_ranks = Other species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}'''''I. breviceps''''' <small>[[Richard Owen|Owen]], 1881</small> *{{extinct}}'''''I. conybeari''''' <small>[[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], 1888</small> *{{extinct}}'''''I. anningae''''' <small>Lomax & Massare, 2015</small> *{{extinct}}'''''I. larkini''''' <small>Lomax & Massare, 2017</small><ref name=PPIchthyosaurus>{{cite journal |author1=Dean R. Lomax |author2=Judy A. Massare |year=2016 |title=Two new species of ''Ichthyosaurus'' from the lowermost Jurassic (Hettangian) of Somerset, England |journal=Papers in Palaeontology |volume=3 |issue= |pages= 1–20|doi=10.1002/spp2.1065 |s2cid=89567182 }}</ref> *{{extinct}}'''''I. somersetensis''''' <small>Lomax & Massare, 2017</small><ref name=PPIchthyosaurus /> }} [[File:Ichthyosaurus breviceps 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fossil specimen of ''I. breviceps'']] [[File:Ichthyosaurus sp 2.jpg |thumb|right|250px|Another species of ''Ichthosaurus'']] '''''Ichthyosaurus''''' was an [[extinct]] [[Ocean|marine]] [[reptile]] from the [[Lower Jurassic]]. It was the first member of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Ichthyosaur]]ia to be discovered. The first complete skeleton was discovered in the early 19th century (1810/11) by [[Mary Anning]] in the [[Dorset]] [[Jurassic Coast]]. Many more specimens were found in Europe, especially from the [[limestone]] quarries in [[Holzmaden]], southern [[Germany]]. Ichthyosaurus lived from about 199 to 189 million years ago (mya). This sleek animal could perhaps swim at speeds up to