Catutosaurus gaspariniae Fernández et al. 2021 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: M. S. Fernández, L. Campos, E. E. Maxwell and A. C. Garrido. 2021. Catutosaurus gaspariniae, gen. et sp. nov. (Ichthyosauria, Thunnosauria) of the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia and the evolution of the ophthalmosaurids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1922427

Belongs to Catutosaurus according to M. S. Fernández et al. 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MOZ-PV-1854, a partial skeleton (A partially articulated skull, mandible and postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Ministerio Quarry, Los Catutos

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