To start with, the site, the Berlin Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada is famous for its assemblage of multiple specimens of the giant ichthyosaur, Shonisaurus. The how and why the ichthyosaurs ended up preserved together has been the subject of speculation for over 50 years. The mystery may have finally been solved recently by Kelley and colleagues: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01761-4
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