Species
Valid Extinct

Shastasaurus careyi

Merriam 1902

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Merriamosauria Unranked clade
Shastasauridae Family
Shastasaurus Genus
Shastasaurus careyi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Hosselkus
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. C. Merriam. 1902. Triassic Ichthyopterygia from California and Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(4):63-108
Bibliography (1)
J. M. Mazin and P. M. Sander. 1993. Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia. Paleontologia Lombarda 2:93-107