Genus
Valid Extinct

Muiscasaurus

Maxwell et al. 2015

Muiscasaurus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived in modern Colombia during the Early Cretaceous. The only known species is the type Muiscasaurus catheti.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Muiscasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇴 Colombia
2
Geological formations
Paja
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Muiscasaurus catheti 126 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
E. E. Maxwell, D. Dick, and S. Padilla, M. L. Parra. 2015. A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Papers in Palaeontology DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
M. F. Martinez-Motta, D. Cortés, and E. E. Maxwell, L. F. Noè, A. Alfonso-Rojas, F. H. Parra-Ruge, E. Cadena. 2026. Soft-tissue preservation in an ichthyosaur from the lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Aptian) of Colombia. Cretaceous Research 181(78):106305 DOI ↗
E. E. Maxwell, D. Dick, and S. Padilla, M. L. Parra. 2015. A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Papers in Palaeontology DOI ↗