Phalarodon
| Phalarodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | ?Diapsida |
| Superorder: | Ichthyopterygia |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Mixosauridae |
| Genus: | Phalarodon Merriam, 1910 |
Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen.[1] The type species is Phalarodon fraasi Merriam 1910. Other species are: Phalarodon atavus (Quenstedt 1852), originally Ichthyosaurus atavus; Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke 1873) Maisch & Matzke 2000, originally Ichthyosaurus nordenskioeldii; Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke 2000; and Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz 2004.
References
- ↑ The Mixosaurid Ichthyosaur Phalarodon Cf. P. Fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Da-Yong Jiang, Lars Schmitz, Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Chang Hao and Yuan-Lin Sun.