Phantomosaurus Maisch and Matzke 2000 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae

Full reference: M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298:1-159

Parent taxon: Cymbospondylidae according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Maisch and Matzke 2000, Maisch and Matzke 2006 and McGowan and Motani 2003

Sister taxa: Blezingeria, Cymbospondylus

Subtaxa: Phantomosaurus neubigi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Karlstadt/Main (Triassic of Germany)

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