Quasianosteosaurus Maisch and Matzke 2003 (ichthyosaur)

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: Quasianosteosauridae according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Maisch and Matzke 2003

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai

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Type: Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 33m Above the Fish Horizon, Mt. Viking (Triassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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