Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Californosauridae
Alternative combination: Shastasaurus neoscapularis
Full reference: C. Mcgowan. 1994. A new species of Shastasaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Triassic of British Columbia: the most complete exemplar of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2):168-179
Belongs to Callawayia according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, Mcgowan 1994, McGowan and Motani 2003 and Nicholls and Manabe 2001
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ROM 41993, a partial skeleton (skull, one forefin, both coracoids, 35 vertebrae, and numerous ribs). Its type locality is Flipper Quarry, which is in a Norian marine horizon in Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Flipper Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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