†Malawania Fischer et al. 2013 (ichthyosaur)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Full reference: V. Fischer, R. M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J. B. Riding, S. Brindley, and P. Godefroit. 2013. A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs. Biology Letters 98(4):20130021
Parent taxon: Thunnosauria according to V. Fischer et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Ichthyosauridae, Stenopterygiidae, Stenopterygius
Subtaxa: Malawania anachronus
Type: Malawania anachronus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chia Gara (Cretaceous of Iraq)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.