†Cymbospondylus natans Merriam 1908 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1908. Triassic Ichthyosauria. Memoirs of the University of California 1(1):1-155
Belongs to Cymbospondylus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also McGowan and Motani 2003, Merriam 1908 and Nicholls et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Cymbospondylus buchseri, Cymbospondylus duelferi, Cymbospondylus germanicus, Cymbospondylus nevadanus, Cymbospondylus nichollsi, Cymbospondylus parvus, Cymbospondylus petrinus, Cymbospondylus piscosus, Chonespondylus grandis
Type specimen: UCMP 9873, a limb element (humerus)
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at American Canyon (UCMP/Stanford) (Triassic of Nevada)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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