Species
Valid Extinct

Phalarodon fraasi

(Merriam 1910)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Mixosauridae Family
Phalarodon Genus
Phalarodon fraasi Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
🇸🇯 SJ
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Sulphur Mountain
2
Prida
1
Guanling
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Mixosaurus nordenskioeldi subjective synonym of Phalarodon fraasi
Bibliography
Original description
J. Liu, R. Motani, and D.-Y. Jiang, S.-X. Hu, J. C. Aitchison, O. Rieppel, M. J. benton, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou. 2013. The first specimen of the Middle Triassic Pharalodon atavus (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from South China, showing postcranial anatomy and peri-Tethyan distribution. Palaeontology 56(4):849-866 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
D.-Y. Jiang, L. Schmitz, and R. Motani, W.-C. Hao, Y.-L. Sun. 2007. The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon cf. P. Fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):602-605 DOI ↗
L. Schmitz. 2005. The taxonomic status of Mixosaurus nordenskioeldii (Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):983-985 DOI ↗
J. M. Callaway and D. B. Brinkman. 1989. Ichthyosaurs (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower and Middle Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation, Wapiti Lake area, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 26(7):1491-1500 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