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一只鱼龙吗？

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

他说，可能鱼龙突咬住了海蜥蜴，但海蜥蜴反击了。

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

这是泰曼鱼龙，目前为止现的最大的海龙之一。

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

现了一种史前爬行动物——鱼龙的骨架。

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

当，鱼龙不是恐龙，但《侏罗纪公园》中提到的方法才是重点。

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

研究员对1.8亿前的鱼龙化石进行了去矿物质处理，留下柔软且有韧性的组织。

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。

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鱼龙和蛇颈龙了。

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

属于一种名为鱼龙的古代海洋生物，类似海豚。

The area is famous for its fossils from giant ichthyosaurs.

该地区以巨型鱼龙化石而闻名。

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

少有几个小说家像狄更斯这样，笔下的物鱼龙混杂，截迥异，处理起来却依旧得心应手。

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

亿万前，名为“鱼龙”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，鱼龙会很可爱——至少体型较小的是如此。”

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

一个优秀的女主应该知道最好的派对总是鱼龙混杂。

So unfortunately, might seem a little bit counterintuitive, but we had to rebury the ichthyosaur.

所以，虽看起来有点反直觉，但是我们不得不把鱼龙重新埋起来。

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印象深刻、种类最丰富的鱼龙收藏。

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

对比之下，鱼龙和其它现代胎生物种可以生育多个后代。

" 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。”

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

后，这条鱼龙就重新回到水里去了，至少它被保护起来了。

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一定是脂肪。