Toretocnemus californicus Merriam 1903 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Toretocnemidae

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1903. New Ichthyosauria from the Upper Triassic of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(12):249-263

Belongs to Toretocnemus according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Merriam 1903 and Merriam 1908

Sister taxon: Toretocnemus zitteli

Type specimen: UCMP M 8100, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is UCMP 1013, West end of Bear Cove, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Mexico (2 collections), United States (1: California)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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