Perhaps, he says, the ichthyosaur snapped at the sea lizard—but the lizard fought back.

他说，可能鱼龙突然咬住海蜥蜴，但海蜥蜴反击。

This is Temnodontosaurus, one of the biggest of the sea dragons so far discovered.

这是泰曼鱼龙，目前为止发现的最大的海龙之。

She had found the skeleton of a prehistoric reptile — the ichthyosaur.

她发现种史前爬行动物——鱼龙的骨架。

Of course, ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, but the Jurassic Park methodology is what's important.

当然，鱼龙不是恐龙，但《侏罗纪公园》中提到的方法才是重点。

In London and Oxford patrons are a more mixed bunch.

在伦敦和牛津顾客们更是鱼龙混杂。

A good hostess knows the best parties have a mix of people.

个优秀的女主人应该知道最好的派对总是鱼龙混杂。

Our Rutland ichthyosaur lived during the early Jurassic, around about 180 million years ago.

我们的拉特兰鱼龙 生活在侏罗纪早期，大概亿八千万年前。

Giant swimming reptiles like the Ichtyosaur, a huge dolphin like creature, and the Plesiosaur, that looked like a giant, long neck turtle, once ruled the sea and influenced the evolution of the Megalodon.

大型游动的爬行动物，如海豚似的鱼龙，和看起来像长脖子的巨型海龟样的蛇颈龙，曾经统治过大海而且影响到巨齿鲨的进化。

So he gave a speculative play-by-play. Perhaps, he says, the ichthyosaur snapped at the sea lizard, but the lizard fought back.

因此他给测性解释。他说，也许鱼龙咬住海蜥蜴，但蜥蜴反击。

The fossils are believed to be from the mothers and their young ones that died there over the years.

据信这些化石来自多年来死于此处的雌性鱼龙以及它们的后代。

Since so few fossils have been discovered from that age, the sea monster is a spectacular find.

由于中侏罗纪时期的化石比较罕见，所以该鱼龙骨架的发现十分喜人。

Then it had to dislodge the prey's bony head and tail from its juicy midsection.

之后，鱼龙不得不将猎物多骨的头部和巴马从多汁液的中段卸掉。

Then the ichthyosaur went back under the water, but it was actually protected.

然后，这条鱼龙就重新回到水里去，至少它被保护起来。

" Several lines of evidence all kind of point towards one argument here: That this was a place where giant ichthyosaurs came to give birth, " said co-writer Nicholas Pyenson.

“几行证据都指向个论点：这里曾是巨型鱼龙前来分娩的地方。”著者尼古拉斯·皮恩森说。

Like other ichthyosaurs, this sea monster faded into extinction 95 million years ago, about 30 million years before the dinosaurs disappeared.

不过，这头骨架的主人和其他鱼龙样，也在9500万年前灭绝，比全部恐龙的灭绝时间早3000万年。

And finally, the ichthyosaur had to SWALLOW the animal—perhaps using inertia or gravity to shove the prey down its gullet.

最后，鱼龙必须要吞掉这个动物——可能利用惯性或重力将猎物噎下咽喉。

Which led them to realize that that the darker substance in the ichthyosaur fossil must be blubber.

这让他们意识到，鱼龙化石中的较暗物质定是脂肪。

And here's another specimen of temnodontosaurus that is proof positive that it really was a hunter.

这是另外个泰曼鱼龙标本，它可以证明泰曼鱼龙确实是个猎手。

The researchers demineralized the 180-million-year-old fossil of an ichthyosaur...and left behind soft, flexible tissues.

研究人员对1.8亿年前的鱼龙化石进行去矿物质处理，留下柔软且有韧性的组织。

" Yeah, maybe in life ichthyosaurs would have been cute—at least the smaller ones."

“是的，或许鱼龙在现实中会很可爱——至少体型更小。”