Phalarodon

Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen.[2]

Phalarodon
Temporal range: Triassic, 247.2–242.0 Ma[1]
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Family: †Mixosauridae
Subfamily: †Phalarodontinae
Genus: †Phalarodon
Merriam, 1910
Species
  • Phalarodon fraasi Merriam, 1910 (type)
  • Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke, 1873)
  • Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke, 2000
  • Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz, 2004

See also

References
  1. "†Phalarodon Merriam 1910 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. 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.


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