BBC: A newly-classified fossil gives clues to how life in the oceans recovered from a mass extinction about 250 million years ago.
The reptile is an early relative of the ichthyosaurs - a large group of marine reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.
With its tiny toothless head, the creature is something of a curiosity, say scientists.
The specimen suggests marine reptiles evolved quickly after the event.
Previous evidence has suggested it took a long time for animals in the seas...