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Ichthyosaurus conybeari
Taxonomy
Ichthyosaurus conybeari was named by Lydekker (1888). Its type specimen is BMNH 38523, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lyme Regis, Dorset, which is in a Semicostatum shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Eurypterygius conybeari by von Huene (1922) and Delair (1960).
It was recombined as Eurypterygius conybeari by von Huene (1922) and Delair (1960).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1888 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari Lydekker |
| 1889 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari Lydekker p. 53 fig. 22 |
| 1922 | Eurypterygius conybeari von Huene p. 8 |
| 1960 | Eurypterygius conybeari Delair p. 63 |
| 2000 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari Maisch and Matzke p. 75 |
| 2003 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari McGowan and Motani |
| 2010 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari Maisch |
| 2016 | Ichthyosaurus conybeari Ji et al. p. 12 |
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†Ichthyosaurus conybeari Lydekker 1888
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000 | "Orbit large, skull and particularly snout exceedingly delicate and fragile, skull extremely high-crowned, less than 20 maxillary teeth, teeth slender and very pointed." |