{"id":33936,"date":"2017-11-03T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=33936"},"modified":"2017-11-03T11:08:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T11:08:37","slug":"jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurassic ichthyosaur fossil in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: Recently the skeleton of Jurassic period&#8217;s marine reptile was discovered in India. Consider the facts related to it- <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(i) For the first time in India, the fossil of &#8216;ichthyosaurus&#8217;, the marine reptile of the Jurassic period, was found.<br \/>\n(ii) It was found in the Kutch area of Gujarat.<br \/>\n(iii) This is done by researchers of Delhi University and Cambridge University.<br \/>\nWhich of the above statements is\/are correct? <\/strong><br \/>\n(a) i, and iii<br \/>\n(b) ii, and iii<br \/>\n(c) i and ii<br \/>\n(d) i, ii, and iii<br \/>\n<strong>Answer- (c)<br \/>\nRelated Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>According to a study published On October 25, 2017, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Guntupalli Prasad from the University of Delhi, the first Jurassic ichthyosaur found in India.<\/li>\n<li>Skeleton of Ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur was found at a site south of Lodai village, situated 30 km northeast of Bhuj town, the headquarters of Ka-chchh District in Gujarat.<\/li>\n<li>It was jointly researched by the University of Delhi and Erlangen-Nuremberg University, Germany.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier, a fossil bone from the animal\u2019s skeleton was first found by an Indo-German research team in Kutch in 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Skeleton, nearly 5.5m long, is thought to belong to the Ophthalmosauridae family, which likely lived between around 165 and 90 million years ago.<\/li>\n<li>Discovery is also evidence of being biological connection of India with other continents in Jurassic period.<\/li>\n<li>Ichthyosaurs literally stand for &#8216;fish lizards&#8217; in Greek.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Reference:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0185851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0185851 <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/10\/171025140501.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2017\/10\/171025140501.htm<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-10-jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-india.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2017-10-jurassic-ichthyosaur-fossil-india.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41745976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-41745976<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently the skeleton of Jurassic period&#8217;s marine reptile was discovered in India. Consider the facts related to it- (i) For the first time in India, the fossil of &#8216;ichthyosaurus&#8217;, the marine reptile of the Jurassic period, was found. (ii) It was found in the Kutch area of Gujarat. 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