Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (37.1° N, 43.6° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 38.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Hauterivian to Late/Upper Hauterivian (136.4 - 125.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Fischer, R. M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J. B. Riding, S. Brindley, and P. Godefroit. 2013. A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs. Biology Letters 98(4):20130021 [V. Fischer/V. Fischer/V. Fischer]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144710: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Jonathan Tennant on 15.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Malawania anachronus n. gen. n. sp.
Malawania anachronus n. gen. n. sp. Fischer et al. 2013 ichthyosaur NHMUK PV R6682, articulated partial skeleton comprising a fragmentary skull, cervical and thoracic vertebrae, ribs, partial shoulder girdle and a nearly complete left forefin
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