Indian scientists announced on Wednesday they have discovered an almost fully preserved fossil of a Jurassic age sea--dwelling reptile known as the 'fish lizard' (Ichthyosaur) from a village in Gujarat's Kutch district. “The discovery adds to the knowledge of ichthyosaur from the southern continents,” said Guntupalli Prasad, one of the authors of the study. The Gujarat fossil is believed to be from the Jurassic period, which lasted from about 250 million to 200 million years ago. Ichthyosaur fossils from the Jurassic period have been found in the Americas, Australia and Europe but never in India. Scientists identified the family of the animal as Ophthalmosauridae. They said the team will be able to study the fossil better once it is extracted from the rock matrix it is currently encased in.