†Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Dal Sasso and Pinna 1996 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Besanosauridae
Belongs to Besanosaurus according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and McGowan and Motani 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian offshore shale in the Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales Formation of Switzerland
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte San Giorgio nothosaurs
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