Mixosaurus kuhnschneyderi Brinkmann 1998

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae

Alternative combinations: Mixosaurus kuhnschnyderi, Sangiorgiosaurus kuhnschnyderi

Full reference: W. Brinkmann. 1998. Sangiorgiosaurus n. g. - a new mixosaur genus (Mixosauridae, Ichthyosauria) with crushing teeth from the Grenzbitumenzone (Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Canton Ticino). Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen 207(1):125-144

Belongs to Mixosaurus according to B. C. Moon 2019

See also Brinkmann 1998, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003

Sister taxa: Mixosaurus cornalianus, Mixosaurus helveticus, Mixosaurus intermedius, Mixosaurus major, Mixosaurus timorensis, Mixosaurus xindianensis

Type specimen: PIMUZ T1324

Distribution: found only at Xinzhai Village, Luoping (Triassic of China)

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