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Without their industry, the ichthyosaurs of Street may never have been discovered. -->
Without their industry, the ichthyosaurs of Street might never have been discovered.

('May' means there is doubt even now. 'Might' means that in some conditional universe it could be different but we know what actually happened.)

the longest, discovered so far, is over 40 feet -->
the longest discovered so far is over 40 feet

the late Jurassic - period -->
the late Jurassic period

But its relative, ophthalmosaurus, could take advantage of food-rich times [...], and also (as we will see) were able to dive off the continental shelf
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But its relative, ophthalmosaurus, could take advantage of food-rich times [...], and also (as we will see) was able to dive off the continental shelf

to take it's first breath -->
to take its first breath

coprolites - Fossilised excreta. - suggest -->
coprolites - fossilised excreta - suggest

Added a link to "Nautiluses".

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