Genus
Valid Extinct

Gengasaurus

Paparella et al. 2017

Gengasaurus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Jurassic. The type and only species, Gengasaurus nicosiai, was named in 2017, after the locality of Genga, Marche. It lived in Italy about 152 million years ago.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
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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Gengasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gengasaurus nicosiai 155 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
I. Paparella, E. E. Maxwell, and A. Cipriani, S. Roncace, M. W. Caldwell. 2017. The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy). Geological Magazine 154(4):837-858 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
I. Paparella, E. E. Maxwell, and A. Cipriani, S. Roncace, M. W. Caldwell. 2017. The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy). Geological Magazine 154(4):837-858 DOI ↗