Species
Valid Extinct

Ichthyosaurus breviceps

(Owen 1881)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Thunnosauria Unranked clade
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Ichthyosauridae Family
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Ichthyosaurus Genus
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Ichthyosaurus breviceps Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Temporal distribution
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
J. A. Massare and D. R. Lomax. 2013. An Ichthyosaurus breviceps collected by Mary Anning: new information on the species. Geological magazine DOI ↗
C. McGowan. 1974. A revision of the latipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Life Sciences Contribution Royal Ontario Museum 100:1-30 DOI ↗