Cymbospondylus piscosus Leidy 1868 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some reptilian remains from Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109:177-178

Belongs to Cymbospondylus according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003 and Merriam 1902

Sister taxa: Cymbospondylus buchseri, Cymbospondylus duelferi, Cymbospondylus germanicus, Cymbospondylus natans, Cymbospondylus nevadanus, Cymbospondylus nichollsi, Cymbospondylus parvus, Cymbospondylus petrinus, Chonespondylus grandis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Toiyabe Range, northeast of Austin (Triassic of Nevada)

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