†Merriamosaurus Maisch and Matzke 2002 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Merriamosauridae
Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2002. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 226(1):59-94
Parent taxon: Merriamosauridae according to M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2003
Sister taxon: Pessopteryx
Subtaxa: Merriamosaurus hulkei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mts. Heimen and Ibsen (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
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