New prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ discovered off UK coastline

New ‘sea dragon’ discovered off UK coastline (Carla Cook/Etches Collection/PA)

An amateur fossil hunter has unearthed a new type of prehistoric “sea dragon” on a Dorset beach.

The new two metre-long ichthyosaur has been called Etches sea dragon after fossil collector Dr Steve Etches who found it buried head-first in limestone.