So, could we resurrect one starting from their protein sequences?

那么，我们能从它们的蛋白质序列入手并复活龙吗？

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

这是泰曼龙，目前为止发现的最大的海龙之。

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

她发现了史前爬行动物——龙的骨架。

Long before dolphins swam the seas, their near look-alike ichthyosaurs inhabited the earth's oceans.

远远早于海豚在海中畅游之前，外形与其极为相似的龙就已经栖息在球的海洋中了。

In London and Oxford patrons are a more mixed bunch.

在伦敦和牛津顾客们更是龙混杂。

At sea, though, the most abundant reptiles were the ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

但是在海里，最繁盛的爬行动物要属龙和蛇颈龙了。

Ichthyosaurs and other contemporary viviparous species, by contrast, gave birth to multiple offspring.

对比之下，龙和其它现代胎生物可以生育多个后代。

It is from a class of ancient marine creatures called ichthyosaurs, which resembled dolphins.

属于为龙的古代海洋生物，类似海豚。

The area is famous for its fossils from giant ichthyosaurs.

该区以巨型龙化石而闻。

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

“是的，或许龙在现实中会很可爱——至少体型更小。”

Few novelists have so successfully managed such vast and varied casts.

少有几个小说家像狄更斯这样，笔下的人物龙混杂，截然迥异，处理起来却依旧得心应手。

Hundreds of millions of years ago, reptilian predators called ichthyosaurs swam the seas.

亿万年前，为“龙”的爬行动物捕食者在海洋中游动。

" Maybe in life ichthyosaurs would have been cute-at least the smaller ones."

“也许在生活中，龙会很可爱——至少体型较小的是如此。”

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龙混杂。

Here, they have one of the most impressive and varied collections of ichthyosaurs in the world.

在这里，他们拥有世界上最令人印象深刻、类最丰富的龙收藏。

It turns out that the skin, is still there, with cells and cellular organelles.

“结果发现，有细胞和细胞器的龙皮肤仍在。

Motani was careful to say they're not sure exactly WHY the ichthyosaur perished.

Motani 谨慎表示他们不确定龙究竟为何死亡。

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

他说，可能龙突然咬住了海蜥蜴，但海蜥蜴反击了。

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

这是另外个泰曼龙标本，它可以证明泰曼龙确实是个猎手。

Those are reptiles that controlled the ancient seas and could grow up to the size of a school bus.

龙曾是统治远古海洋的爬行动物，它们可以长到校车那么大。