Reptilia - Ichthyosauria

Parent taxon: Ichthyosauria according to R. Motani 1999

See also Maisch 2010 and McGowan and Motani 2003

Sister taxa: Baracromia, Cetarthrosaurus, Ghuizhouichthyosaurus, Grippiidae, Guanlingichthyosaurus, Hueneosauria, Ichthyosauroidea, Ichthyosaurus australis, Ichthyosaurus polyptychodon, Ichthyosaurus strombecki, Isfjordosaurus, Latipinnatoidea, Longipinnatoidea, Naanchangasaurus, Omphalosauridae, Parvinatatoridae, Parvipelvia, Pessosaurus, Proteosauridae, Quasianosteosauridae, Rachitrema, Shastosauroidea, Sphaerodontes, Stenopterygius grandis, Thaisauridae, Thunnosauria, Utatsusauridae

Subtaxa: Wimaniidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs (Triassic of Switzerland)

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