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

他说，可能鱼龙突然咬住了海蜥蜴，但海蜥蜴反击了。

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

因此他给出了推测性解释。他说，也许鱼龙咬住了海蜥蜴，但蜥蜴反击了。

" Yes, " replied my uncle, " and there is a sea lizard of vast size."

“是的，”叔叔回答道，“还有一只巨大的海蜥蜴。”

But it seemed to have some EXTRA bones in it—which Motani's team determined to be the remains of a 13-foot-long thalattosaur, or " sea lizard, " the ichthyosaur had swallowed.

但它体内貌似有一些多余骨头——Motani 的团队认定那是鱼龙吞下的、体长13英尺的海龙（海蜥蜴）的遗骸。