Thaisaurus

Mazin et al. 1991

Thaisaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Spathian. Fossils have been found in Thailand.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ichtyosaures

Carnivore nektonic Marine

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Fossil of Thaisaurus - Took the picture at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Ichthyosauria Unranked clade

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Thaisauridae Family

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Thaisaurus Genus

Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇹🇭 Thailand

Geological formations

Chaiburi

Temporal distribution

Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)

Species (1)

Thaisaurus chonglakmanii 248 Ma

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Bibliography

Original description

R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗

Bibliography (1)

J. M. Mazin and P. M. Sander. 1993. Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia. Paleontologia Lombarda 2:93-107