Cymbospondylus duelferi Klein et al. 2020 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae

Full reference: N. Klein, L. Schmitz, T. Wintrich and P. M. Sander. 2020. A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Belongs to Cymbospondylus according to N. Klein et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Cymbospondylus buchseri, Cymbospondylus germanicus, Cymbospondylus natans, Cymbospondylus nevadanus, Cymbospondylus nichollsi, Cymbospondylus parvus, Cymbospondylus petrinus, Cymbospondylus piscosus, Chonespondylus grandis

Type specimen: LACM DI 158109, a partial skeleton (an incomplete and partially disarticulated skeleton preserving an anteriorly incomplete skull embedded in ventrolateral view, associated with shoulder girdle el). Its type locality is Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains (LACM 8031), which is in an Illyrian marine limestone/shale in the Favret Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains (LACM 8031)

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