Cetarthrosaurus Seeley 1873 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1873. On Cetarthrosaurus walkeri (Seeley), an ichthyosaurian from the Cambridge Upper Greensand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of Lodon 29:505-507

Parent taxon: Ichthyosauria according to V. Fischer et al. 2014

See also von Huene 1951

Sister taxa: Baracromia, Ghuizhouichthyosaurus, Grippiidae, Guanlingichthyosaurus, Hueneosauria, Ichthyosauroidea, Ichthyosaurus australis, Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon, Ichthyosaurus strombecki, Isfjordosaurus, Latipinnatoidea, Longipinnatoidea, Mixosauria, Naanchangasaurus, Omphalosauridae, Parvinatatoridae, Parvipelvia, Pessosaurus, Proteosauridae, Quasianosteosauridae, Rachitrema, Shastosauroidea, Sphaerodontes, Stenopterygius grandis, Thaisauridae, Thunnosauria, Utatsusauridae

Subtaxa: Cetarthrosaurus walkeri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data] (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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