†Barracudasaurus maotaiensis Young 1965 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae
Alternative combination: Mixosaurus maotaiensis
Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1965. On a revised determination of a fossil reptile from Jenhui, Kweichou with note on a new ichthyosaur probably from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(4):368-375
Belongs to Barracudasaurus according to D.-Y. Jiang et al. 2005
See also McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999 and Young 1965
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IVPP V.2468, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Jenhui, which is in a Triassic marine limestone in China.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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