Species
Valid Extinct

Toretocnemus californicus

Merriam 1903

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Longipinnati Suborder
Toretocnemidae Family
Toretocnemus Genus
Toretocnemus californicus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
2
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Antimonio
2
Hosselkus
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
J. C. Merriam. 1903. New Ichthyosauria from the Upper Triassic of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(12):249-263
Bibliography (3)
V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231
S. G. Lucas and C. M. González-León. 1995. Ichthyosaurs from the Upper Triassic of Sonora and the biochronology of Triassic ichthyosaurs. Geological Society of America Special Paper 301:17-20 DOI ↗
J. C. Merriam. 1903. New Ichthyosauria from the Upper Triassic of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(12):249-263