Catutosaurus
Catutosaurus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Genus: | †Catutosaurus Fernández et al, 2021 |
Type species | |
Catutosaurus gaspariniae Fernández et al, 2021
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Catutosaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, C. gaspariniae.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Fernández, Marta S.; Campos, Lisandro; Maxwell, Erin E.; Garrido, Alberto C. (2021-01-02). "Catutosaurus gaspariniae, gen. et sp. nov. (Ichthyosauria, Thunnosauria) of the Upper Jurassic of Patagonia and the evolution of the ophthalmosaurids". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (1): e1922427. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1922427. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 236312664.