Mollesaurus periallus Fernandez 1999 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combination: Ophthalmosaurus periallus

Full reference: M. S. Fernandez. 1999. A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):677-681

Belongs to Mollesaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Fernandez 1999, Fischer et al. 2013, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MOZ 2282 V, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton of a single individual consisting of the posterior half of the skull and part of the vertebral column comprised of 39 articulated vertebrae an)

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chacaico Sur, Los Molles (Jurassic of Argentina)

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