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。

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鱼龙就已经栖息在地球的海洋中了。

The ichthyosaur died soon after swallowing it.

鱼龙吞下它后不久就死了。

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

所以，虽然看起来有点反直觉，但是我们不得不把鱼龙重新埋起来。

The name ichthyosaur means fish lizard.

鱼龙这个名字的意思是鱼蜥蜴。

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

她发现了一种史前爬行动物——鱼龙的骨架。

The ichthyosaur bones in Nevada were found in the 1950s.

内华达州的鱼龙骨骼是在20世纪50年代发现的。

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。

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。

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

Motani 谨慎表示他们不确定鱼龙究竟为何死亡。