Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Full reference: N. B. Fröbisch, P. M. Sander, and O. Rieppel. 2006. A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147(4):515-538
Belongs to Cymbospondylus according to Frobisch et al. 2006
See also Ji et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cymbospondylus buchseri, Cymbospondylus duelferi, Cymbospondylus germanicus, Cymbospondylus natans, Cymbospondylus nevadanus, Cymbospondylus parvus, Cymbospondylus petrinus, Cymbospondylus piscosus, Chonespondylus grandis
Type specimen: FMNH PR2251. Its type locality is Cain Mountain, USGS Section 14, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Favret Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cain Mountain, USGS Section 14
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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