Although an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur would have likely never battled, this widely shared lithograph by artist, geologist and paleontologist Henry De la Beche even inspired author Jules Verne to pen a similar scene in his book, Journey to the Center of the Earth.
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Duria Antiquior – A More Ancient Dorset, 1830

Henry De la Beche, Courtesy of the National Museum of Wales