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Mixosaurus cornalianus
Taxonomy
Ichthyosaurus cornalianus was named by Bassani (1886). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Besano (MCSN Milan collection), which is in an Illyrian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal dolomite/shale in the Besano Formation of Italy.
It was recombined as Mixosaurus cornalianus by Baur (1887), Merriam (1908), Hay (1930), Callaway and Brinkman (1989), Motani (1999), Motani (1999), Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Maisch (2010) and Ji et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Mixosaurus cornalianus by Baur (1887), Merriam (1908), Hay (1930), Callaway and Brinkman (1989), Motani (1999), Motani (1999), Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Maisch (2010) and Ji et al. (2016).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1886 | Ichthyosaurus cornalianus Bassani |
| 1887 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Baur |
| 1908 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Merriam p. 95 |
| 1930 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Hay p. 124 |
| 1989 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Callaway and Brinkman p. 1493 |
| 1999 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Motani fig. 1 |
| 2000 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Maisch and Matzke p. 62 |
| 2003 | Mixosaurus cornalianus McGowan and Motani |
| 2010 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Maisch |
| 2016 | Mixosaurus cornalianus Ji et al. p. 9 |
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†Mixosaurus cornalianus Bassani 1886
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Motani 1999 | "Premaxilla posteriorly narrow and nearly pointed, scarcely entering external naris; long sagittal crest reaching nasal; large anterior terrace of upper temporal fenestra, reaching nasal; pubis more than twice as large as ischium; high, narrow neural spines; mid-caudal vertebral centra with increased height." | |
| M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000 | "Posterior maxillary and dentary teeth slender and pointed, widely spaced." |
Measurements
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