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Today we're gonna travel back in time - to the Triassic and Jurassic era. The area we're focusing on became Nevada in the Western part of the United States. What's so special about it? Well, it turns out to be home to giant sea dragon-type monsters... A huge fossil was discovered in the Augusta Mountains of Nevada and it could provide insight into how modern whales developed. The fossil belongs to "ichthyosaurs" which was a type of large aquatic reptile. It currently holds the title of the first giant animal to ever inhabit Earth. The creature weighted 45 tons! #brightsideTIMESTAMPSNorth Pacific Ocean 00:00Ichthyosaur 00:38Warm-blooded creatures 02:05How they became extinct 03:00Travel back to 1998 04:15Cymbospondylus youngorum 05:05Mass extinction event 06:03Asteroid theory 06:59Ammonoids 07:50Ichthyosaur fossils 09:20Music by Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our Social Media:Facebook: / brightside Instagram: / brightside.official Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.of...Stock materials (photos, footages and other):https://www.depositphotos.comhttps://www.shutterstock.comhttps://www.eastnews.ru----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------For more videos and articles visit:http://www.brightside.me/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices