Full reference: J. E. Martin, V. Fischer, P. Vincent and G. Suan. 2012. A longirostrine Temnodontosaurus (Ichthyosauria) with comments on Early Jurassic ichthyosaur niche partitioning and disparity. Palaeontology 55(5):995-1005
Belongs to Temnodontosaurus according to J. E. Martin et al. 2012
See also Ji et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Temnodontosaurus burgundiae, Temnodontosaurus crassimanus, Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus, Temnodontosaurus longirostris, Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis, Temnodontosaurus platyodon, Temnodontosaurus trigonodon
Type specimen: Musée des Amis de la Mine in Saint-Pierre La Palud, Rhône department, France (MAMSPLP) unnumbered specimen, a skeleton (an almost complete skeleton preserved with its ventral surface exposed, cemented to a 10-m concrete slab). Its type locality is Belmont d’Azergues (Lafarge quarry), Middle Toarcian (bifrons/variabilis), which is in a Toarcian marine marl/limestone in France.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Belmont d’Azergues (Lafarge quarry), Middle Toarcian (bifrons/variabilis)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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