Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Leptonectidae

Full reference: D. R. Lomax, J. A. Massare, and E. E. Maxwell. 2025. A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval. Papers in Palaeontology 11(5):e70038

Parent taxon: Leptonectidae according to D. R. Lomax et al. 2025

Sister taxon: Wahlisaurus

Subtaxa: Xiphodracon

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bed 122c of Charmouth Mudstone Formation, Green Ammonite Member (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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