Pachygonosaurus
Pachygonosaurus is a genus of ichthyosaur from Upper Silesia, Poland (then part of the German Empire). It was described in 1916 by Friedrich von Huene and it has one single species, Pachygonosaurus robustus.[1] Nowadays, Pachygonosaurus is considered a nomen dubium.[2]
Pachygonosaurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Genus: | †Pachygonosaurus von Huene, 1916 |
Type species | |
†Pachygonosaurus robustus von Huene, 1916 |
See also
References
- von Huene 1916, pp. 39–40.
- Surmik & Brachaniec 2013, p. 93.
Cited bibliography
- von Huene, Friedrich (1916). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ichthyosaurier im deutschen Muschelkalk". Palaeontographica (in German). Tübingen. 62: 1–68.
- Surmik, Dawid; Brachaniec, Tomasz (2013). "The large superpredators' teeth from Middle Triassic of Poland". Contemporary Trends in Geoscience. 2 (1): 91–94. doi:10.2478/ctg-2014-0013.
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