Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae

Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2001. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VIII. A redescription of Phalarodon major (von Huene, 1916) and the composition and phylogeny of the Mixosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 220(3):431-447

Parent taxon: Mixosauridae according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Maisch and Matzke 2001

Sister taxa: Ancanamuninae, Barracudasauroides, Barracudasaurus, Mixosaurinae, Mixosaurus, Phalarodon

Subtaxa: Contectopalatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs (Triassic of Switzerland)

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