Callawayia

Callawayia
Temporal range: Late Triassic, 221.5–212.0 Ma[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Californosauridae
Genus: Callawayia
Maisch & Matzke, 2000
Species
  • C. neoscapularis (McGowan, 1994) (type) [originally Shastasaurus]
  • C. altispinus (Merriam, 1902) [originally Shastasaurus]

Callawayia is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. It contains the species Callawayia neoscapularis and C. altispinus.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "†Callawayia Maisch and Matzke 2000 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Sander, P.M., Chen X., Cheng L. and Wang X. (2011). "Short-Snouted Toothless Ichthyosaur from China Suggests Late Triassic Diversification of Suction Feeding Ichthyosaurs." PLoS ONE 6(5): e19480. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019480 PMID 21625429


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