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
Belongs to Parrassaurus according to J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPC 307, a partial skeleton (incomplete skeleton ($5.8m in esti- mated maximum length) incorporating articulated cranial and mandicular elements, 63 precaudal vertebrae, pectoral girdle, an). Its type locality is El Sombrero Ranch, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the La Caja Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at El Sombrero Ranch
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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