Mixosaurus luxiensis Fang et al. 2024 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Mixosauridae

Full reference: Y.-W. Fang, A. S. Wolniewicz, and J. Liu. 2024. A new species of mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Luxi County, Yunnan Province, South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(2):263-280

Belongs to Mixosaurus according to Y.-W. Fang et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Mixosaurus cornalianus, Mixosaurus helveticus, Mixosaurus intermedius, Mixosaurus kuhnschneyderi, Mixosaurus major, Mixosaurus timorensis, Mixosaurus xindianensis

Type specimen: HFUT HL-21-08-002, a skeleton (A nearly complete skeleton, with the postcranium mostly disarticulated). Its type locality is Huale Village, Luxi County, which is in an Anisian marine lime mudstone/mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Huale Village, Luxi County

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