Phalarodon

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Phalarodon
Temporal range: Triassic, 247.2–242.0 Ma[1]
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Restoration
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Mixosauridae
Subfamily: Phalarodontinae
Genus: Phalarodon
Merriam, 1910
Species
  • Phalarodon fraasi Merriam, 1910 (type)
  • Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke, 1873)
  • Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke, 2000
  • Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz, 2004

Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "†Phalarodon Merriam 1910 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Jiang, Da-Yong; Schmitz, Lars; Motani, Ryosuke; Hao, Wei-Chang; Sun, Yuan-Lin (2007). "The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon cf. P. fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology. 81 (3): 602–605. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017.

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