Thalattosaurus
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| Thalattosaurus Fossil range: Late Triassic |
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 Thalattosaurus with its relative Nectosaurus
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Thalattosaurus is an extinct genus of marine reptile in the family Thalattosauridae that lived during the Triassic period. It includes two known species.
Thalattosaurus was a shellfish-eating reptile around 2 meters (7 [[foot (unit of length)|ft) in length.
[edit] Taxonomy
Thalattosaurus was originally described with the type species T. alexandrae. In 1993, Nicholls and Brinkman described T. borealis from fossils found at Wapiti Lake, British Columbia.
[edit] References
Abstract of the paper describing T. borealis
BioLib entry for Thalattosaurus
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