A jurassic perk as dinos return to Leeds City Museum

For more than 140 million years, fearsome marine reptiles like Ichthyosaurus ruled the world's oceans.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th May 2017, 15:30 BST
Updated 15th May 2017, 16:28 BST
PREHISTORIC FUN: What visitors to Leeds City Museum can expect during the May half term.PREHISTORIC FUN: What visitors to Leeds City Museum can expect during the May half term.
PREHISTORIC FUN: What visitors to Leeds City Museum can expect during the May half term.

Now the incredibly well-preserved remains of the speedy, dolphin-like predators will be making a splash as dinosaurs return to Leeds City Museum this May half term.

Last year’s debut event saw more than 11,000 people visit the museum to see a selection of artefacts, fossils and bones.

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Going on display for the very first time from May 29 until June 4 this year, during a week-long dinosaur extravaganza, will be a three dimensional preserved ichthyosaur skull alongside a near complete juvenile specimen. Also on display in the museum’s Brodrick Hall will be the reconstructed remains of a fossilised Hypselospinus, an eight-metre herbivore which roamed the UK more than 137 million years ago.