Family
Valid Extinct

Cymbospondylidae

von Huene 1948

Cymbospondylidae is an extinct family of hueneosaurian Ichthyosaurs known from the Middle Triassic of Europe, North America, and Asia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
19
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Cymbospondylidae
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Longipinnati Suborder
Cymbospondylidae Family
Fossil sites 19 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
11
🇩🇪 Germany
3
🇮🇹 Italy
2
🇳🇴 Norway
2
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Prida
3
Favret
2
Botneheia
2
Thaynes
1
Jena
1
Besano
1
Calcare del Clapsavon
1
Buchsteiner
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
4
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
12
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2006. The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):598-607 DOI ↗
Bibliography (14)
N. Klein, L. Schmitz, and T. Wintrich, P. M. Sander. 2020. A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology DOI ↗
N. B. Fröbisch, P. M. Sander, and O. Rieppel. 2006. A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 147(4):515-538 DOI ↗
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2006. The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):598-607 DOI ↗
M. Dalla Vecchia and M. Avanzini. 2002. New findings of isolated remains of Triassic reptiles from Northeastern Italy. Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 42(2-3):215-235
J. A. Massare and J. M. Callaway. 1994. Cymbospondylus (Ichthyosauria: Shastasauridae) from the Lower Triassic Thaynes Formation of southeastern Idaho. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):139-141 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 1992. Cymbospondylus (Shastasauridae: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Spitsbergen: filling a paleobiogeographic gap. Journal of Paleontology 66(2):332-337 DOI ↗
J. M. Callaway and J. A. Massare. 1989. Geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the Triassic Icthyosauria (Reptilia; Diapsida). Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 178(1):37-58 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 1989. The large ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus buchseri, sp. nov. from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland), with a survey of the genus in Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(2):163-173 DOI ↗
O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24
J. C. Merriam. 1908. Triassic Ichthyosauria. Memoirs of the University of California 1(1):1-155 DOI ↗
J. C. Merriam. 1906. Preliminary note on a new marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 5(5):71-79
J. C. Merriam. 1905. A primitive ichthyosaurian limb from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 4(2):33-38
E. Fraas. 1896. Die Schwäbischen Trias-Saurier nach dem Material der Kgl. Naturalien-Sammlung in Stuttgart zusammengestellt [Swabian Triassic dinosaurs based on the material in the Royal Natural History Collection compiled in Stuttgart]. Festgabe des Königlichen Naturalien-Cabinets In Stuttgart zur 42 Versammlung der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft in Stuttgart, August 1896. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlag-handlung (E. Koch), Stuttgart
J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some reptilian remains from Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109:177-178