Genus
Valid Extinct

Athabascasaurus

Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010

Athabascasaurus is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from Alberta, Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Athabascasaurus
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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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Athabascasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Clearwater
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Athabascasaurus bitumineus 113 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
P. S. Druckenmiller and E. E. Maxwell. 2010. A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1037-1053 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. S. Druckenmiller and E. E. Maxwell. 2010. A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:1037-1053 DOI ↗