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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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