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Parrassaurus yacahuitztli

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Parrassaurus yacahuitztli was named by Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega (2021). Its type specimen is 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), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Sombrero Ranch, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the La Caja Formation of Mexico. It is the type species of Parrassaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Parrassaurus yacahuitztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusParrassaurus
speciesyacahuitztli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Parrassaurus yacahuitztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Mexico (Coahuila) Ophthalmosauridae indet. (type locality: 138712)