†Parrassaurus Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2021. A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in northeastern Mexico. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45(2):203-216
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega 2021
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes
Subtaxa: Parrassaurus yacahuitztli
Type: Parrassaurus yacahuitztli
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Sombrero Ranch (Jurassic of Mexico)
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