Phalarodon

Phalarodon
Temporal range: Triassic, 247.2–242.0 Ma[1]
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: ?Diapsida
Superorder: Ichthyopterygia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Mixosauridae
Genus: Phalarodon
Merriam, 1910

Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen.[2] The type species is Phalarodon fraasi Merriam 1910. Other species are: Phalarodon atavus (Quenstedt 1852), originally Ichthyosaurus atavus; Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke 1873) Maisch & Matzke 2000, originally Ichthyosaurus nordenskioeldii; Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke 2000; and Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz 2004.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "†Phalarodon Merriam 1910 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ↑ The Mixosaurid Ichthyosaur Phalarodon Cf. P. Fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Da-Yong Jiang, Lars Schmitz, Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Chang Hao and Yuan-Lin Sun.


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