Species
Valid Extinct

Temnodontosaurus trigonodon

(Theodori 1843)

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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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Temnodontosaurus Genus
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Temnodontosaurus trigonodon Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
2
Geological formations
Posidonia Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. W. Maisch and A. Hungerbühler. 2001. New Evidence for a Discrete Supratemporal Bone in the Jurassic Ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus. Historical Biology 15(4):335-345 DOI ↗