| Mixosauria Temporal range: 230–210 Ma |
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| Contectopalatus atavus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | ?Diapsida |
| Superorder: | Ichthyopterygia |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Infraorder: | Mixosauria Montani, 1999 |
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Wimaniidae Maisch, 2010
Mixosauridae Baur, 1887
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The mixosaurs were an early group of ichthyosaurs, living between 250 and 230 million years ago, during the Triassic period.[1] Fossils of mixosaurs have been found all over the world: China, Timor, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, Spitsbergen, Switzerland, Svalbard, Canada, Alaska, and Nevada.
Cladogram based on Motani (1999),[2] Maisch and Matzke (2000),[3] and Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun (2006),[4] with clade and generic names following Maisch (2010):[1]
| Mixosauria |
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