†Proteosaurus Home 1819 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Proteosauridae
Full reference: E. Home. 1819. Reasons for giving the name Proteo-Saurus to the fossil skeleton which has been described. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 109:212-216
Parent taxon: Proteosauridae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Holl 1829 and Owen 1840
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Proteosaurus platyodon
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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