Janusaurus

Janusaurus
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic, 150.8–145.5 Ma[1]
Holotype skull.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: Janusaurus
Roberts et al., 2014
Binomial name
Janusaurus lundi
Roberts et al., 2014

Janusaurus is an extinct genus of Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen and northern Russia.[2]

Restored skull

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Janusaurus at Fossilworks". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Roberts, A. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S.; Sætre, G. P.; Hurum, J. H. (2014). "A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen". PLoS ONE. 9 (8): e103152. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103152. PMC 4118863. PMID 25084533.
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