Genus
Valid Extinct

Californosaurus

Kuhn 1934

Californosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, from the Lower Hosselkus Limestone of California, and also the Muschelkalk of Germany.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Californosaurus
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Californosaurus perrini, an ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic of North America, pencil drawing © Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
Californosaurus
Californosaurus
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Hueneosauria Unranked clade
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Merriamosauria Unranked clade
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Californosauridae Family
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Californosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
3 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Hosselkus
1
Hosselkus Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
2
Species (2)
Californosaurus perrini 237 Ma
Shastasaurus perrini replaced by Californosaurus perrini 237 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Delphinosaurus subjective synonym of Californosaurus
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Bibliography (2)
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
J. C. Merriam. 1902. Triassic Ichthyopterygia from California and Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(4):63-108