Eons | PBS When Ichthyosaurs Led a Revolution in the Seas | Eons WKNO Published September 5, 2024 at 4:00 AM CDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The marine reptiles Ichthyosaurs arose after The Great Dying, which wiped out at least 90 percent of life in the oceans, changing the seas forever and triggering a new evolutionary arms race between predator and prey.