†Contectopalatus Maisch and Matzke 1998 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 1998. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part III: a crested predatory mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 209(1):105-134
Parent taxon: Phalarodontinae according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Maisch and Matzke 1998, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and Maisch and Matzke 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs (Triassic of Switzerland)
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