Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Full reference: P. M. Sander. 1989. The large ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus buchseri, sp. nov. from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland), with a survey of the genus in Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):163-173
Belongs to Cymbospondylus according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999 and Sander 1989
Sister taxa: Cymbospondylus duelferi, Cymbospondylus germanicus, Cymbospondylus natans, Cymbospondylus nevadanus, Cymbospondylus nichollsi, Cymbospondylus parvus, Cymbospondylus petrinus, Cymbospondylus piscosus, Chonespondylus grandis
Type specimen: PIMUZ T 4351, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cava Tre Fontane, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio, which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite in the Besano Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cava Tre Fontane, Tessin collection, Monte San Giorgio
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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