Proteosaurus platyodon

(Conybeare 1822)

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ichtyosaures

Carnivore nektonic Marine

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Classification

Ichthyosauria Unranked clade

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Proteosauridae Family

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Proteosaurus Genus

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Proteosaurus platyodon Species

Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇧🇪 Belgium

Geological formations

Blue Lias

Luxembourg

Temporal distribution

Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)

Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)

Synonyms (2)

Ichthyosaurus chiroligostinus subjective synonym of Proteosaurus platyodon

Ichthyosaurus lonchiodon subjective synonym of Proteosaurus platyodon

Bibliography

Original description

W. D. Conybeare. 1822. Additional notices on the fossil genera Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 1:103-123 DOI ↗

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