Genus
Valid Extinct

Proteosaurus

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Proteosaurus
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Proteosauridae Family
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Proteosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
🇧🇪 Belgium
1
Geological formations
Blue Lias
2
Luxembourg
1
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
4
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
2
Species (3)
Ichthyosaurus chiroligostinus subjective synonym of Proteosaurus platyodon 201 Ma
Ichthyosaurus lonchiodon subjective synonym of Proteosaurus platyodon 201 Ma
Proteosaurus platyodon 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Home. 1819. Reasons for giving the name Proteo-Saurus to the fossil skeleton which has been described. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 109:212-216
Bibliography (3)
L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 DOI ↗
T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 DOI ↗
T. Hawkins. 1834. Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth