Species
Valid Extinct

Caypullisaurus bonapartei

Fernández 1997

No Wikipedia summary available.

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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Platypterygiinae Subfamily
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Caypullisaurus Genus
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Caypullisaurus bonapartei Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Vaca Muerta
2
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
M. S. Fernández. 1997. A new Ichthyosaur from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of the Neuquen Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):479-484 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. Fernández. 2007. Redescription and phylogenetic position of Caypullisaurus (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae). Journal of Paleontology 81(2):368-375 DOI ↗