Species
Valid Extinct

Phalarodon atavus

(Quenstedt 1852)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Mixosauridae Family
Phalarodon Genus
Phalarodon atavus Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
3
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Jena
2
Guanling
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 1998. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part III: a crested predatory mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 209(1):105-134 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
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 ↗
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2001. The cranial osteology of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from Germany. Palaeontology 44(6):1127-1156 DOI ↗
O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24