Mixosaurus Baur 1887 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae

Synonym: Sangiorgiosaurus Brinkmann 1998

Parent taxon: Mixosauridae according to J. Liu et al. 2013

See also Appleby 1967, Appleby 1979, Brinkmann 1998, Callaway and Brinkman 1989, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Jiang et al. 2006, Kuhn 1971, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, Maisch and Matzke 2001, McGowan and Motani 2003, Merriam 1908, Motani 1999, Sander 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and von Huene 1951

Sister taxa: Ancanamuninae, Barracudasauroides, Barracudasaurus, Mixosaurinae, Phalarodon, Phalarodontinae

Subtaxa: Mixosaurus cornalianus Mixosaurus helveticus Mixosaurus intermedius Mixosaurus kuhnschneyderi Mixosaurus major Mixosaurus timorensis Mixosaurus xindianensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (2 collections), Germany (2), Italy (1), Switzerland (3), United States (3: Nevada)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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