Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Quasianosteosauridae
Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2003. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part XII. A new Early Triassic ichthyosaur genus from Spitzbergen. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 229(3):317-338
Parent taxon: Ichthyosauria according to M. W. Maisch 2010
Sister taxa: Baracromia, Cetarthrosaurus, Ghuizhouichthyosaurus, Grippiidae, Guanlingichthyosaurus, Hueneosauria, Ichthyosauroidea, Ichthyosaurus australis, Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon, Ichthyosaurus strombecki, Isfjordosaurus, Latipinnatoidea, Longipinnatoidea, Mixosauria, Naanchangasaurus, Omphalosauridae, Parvinatatoridae, Parvipelvia, Pessosaurus, Proteosauridae, Rachitrema, Shastosauroidea, Sphaerodontes, Stenopterygius grandis, Thaisauridae, Utatsusauridae
Subtaxa: Quasianosteosaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at 33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)