Muiscasaurus catheti Maxwell et al. 2015 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: E. E. Maxwell, D. Dick, S. Padilla and M. L. Parra. 2015. A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Papers in Palaeontology

Belongs to Muiscasaurus according to E. E. Maxwell et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIP-FCG-CBP-74, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Vereda Llanitos, which is in a Barremian/Aptian marine shale/limestone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vereda Llanitos

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