Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1904. A new marine reptile from the Triassic of California. University of California Publications: Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(21):419-421
Parent taxon: Thalattosauroidea according to X. -C. Wu et al. 2009
See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Merriam 1905, Müller 2007, Nicholls 1999, Nicholls and Brinkman 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Agkistrognathus, Clarazia, Gunakadeit, Hescheleria, Nectosaurus, Paralonectes, Thalattosauridae, Xinpusaurus
Subtaxa: Thalattosaurus alexandrae Thalattosaurus borealis Thalattosaurus perrini Thalattosaurus shastensis
Type: Thalattosaurus alexandrae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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