Genus
Valid Extinct

Phantomosaurus

Maisch and Matzke 2000

Phantomosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur that lived during the late Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic. Fossils have been found in southern Germany. It was discovered in 1965 and named in 1997 as a species of Shastasaurus by Sander in the rocks of the Upper Muschelkalk.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Phantomosaurus
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Hueneosauria Unranked clade
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Longipinnati Suborder
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Cymbospondylidae Family
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Phantomosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Phantomosaurus neubigi 247 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298:1-159
Bibliography (1)
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 ↗