| Dearcmhara Temporal range: Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Node: | †Neoichthyosauria |
| Genus: | †Dearcmhara Brusatte et al., 2015 |
| Type species | |
| †Dearcmhara shawcrossi Brusatte et al., 2015
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Dearcmhara (pronounced like "jark vara"; Scottish Gaelic: "marine lizard"[2]) is a genus of marine reptile from the early to mid-Jurassic period around 170 million years ago, known from fossil remains found on the island of Skye in Scotland. The type species is Dearcmhara shawcrossi. Fragmentary fossil remains of the animal were discovered by an amateur fossil hunter in 1959 and were subsequently donated to a museum, but it was not until 2014 that a scientific research project determined that the fossils were of a previously unknown species.
- ^ "†Dearcmhara Brusatte et al. 2015 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Dearcmhara shawcrossi: New Ichthyosaur Discovered in Scotland". Science News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.