2.5 m
Typical representative
Uniformly scaled by representative adult total length; the pose is not stretched to every descriptive dimension.
Ichthyosaurus communis
A representative 2.5 m adult Ichthyosaurus communis in a neutral horizontal swim. Full snout-to-tail length controls uniform scaling; body depth and fins remain natural. The silhouette preserves the researched proportions while the documented measurement controls its scale in visual comparisons.
Dimensions
- Height
- 75 cm
- Length
- 2.5 m
Quick facts
- Selected adult length
- 2.5 m
- Estimated holotype length
- about 2.4 m
- Largest confirmed specimens
- about 2.7–2.8 m
Ichthyosaurus communis · Size infographic

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Sources and measurement33 References
Dimensions were cross-checked against independent sources before publication.
Measurement basis
Full snout-to-tail length controls uniform scaling; body depth and fins remain natural.