Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Shastasauridae

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1902. Triassic Ichthyopterygia from California and Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(4):63-108

Belongs to Shastasaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Mcgowan 1994, McGowan and Motani 2003, Merriam 1902, Merriam 1908 and Motani 1999

Sister taxa: Shastasaurus alexandrae, Shastasaurus carinthiacus, Shastasaurus merriami, Shastasaurus nordensis, Shastasaurus pacificus, Shastasaurus sikkaniensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bear Mountain, which is in a Carnian/Norian marine horizon in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Near Bear Mountain

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