†Protoichthyosaurus Appleby 1979 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ichthyosauridae
Full reference: R. M. Appleby. 1979. The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology 22(4):921-946
Parent taxon: Ichthyosauridae according to D. R. Lomax et al. 2017
See also Appleby 1979, Carroll 1988, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Ichthyosaurus
Subtaxa: Protoichthyosaurus applebyi Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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