Mixosauridae

Mixosauridae; Temporal range: 230–210 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Contectopalatus atavus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	?Diapsida
Superorder:	Ichthyopterygia
Order:	Ichthyosauria
Infraorder:	Mixosauria; Motani, 1999
Genera
	Wimaniidae Maisch, 2010 Wimanius Maisch and Matzke, 1998; Mixosauridae Baur, 1887 Barracudasauroides Maisch, 2010; Contectopalatus Maisch and Matzke, 1998; Mixosaurus Baur, 1887; Phalarodon Merriam, 1910;

The Mixosauria were an early group of ichthyosaurs, living between 250 and 230 million years ago, during the Triassic period.^[1] Fossils of mixosaurs have been found all over the world: China, Timor, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, Spitsbergen, Switzerland, Svalbard, Canada, Alaska, and Nevada.

Cladogram based on Motani (1999),^[2] Maisch and Matzke (2000),^[3] and Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun (2006),^[4] with clade and generic names following Maisch (2010):^[1]

Mixosauria

Mixosaurinae

	Mixosaurus cornalianus

	Mixosaurus kuhnschnyderi

Phalarodontinae

Contectopalatus

	Phalarodon callawayi

	Phalarodon fraasi

References

^ ^a ^b "Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 3: 151–214. 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ "Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 472–495. 1999. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011160. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ "The Ichthyosauria" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde: Serie B. 298: 159. 2000. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ "A new mixosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 60–69. 2006. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[60:ANMIFT]2.0.CO;2. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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[Maisch2010-1] "Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 3: 151–214. 2010. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[Motani-2] "Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 472–495. 1999. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011160. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[MaischandMatzke-3] "The Ichthyosauria" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde: Serie B. 298: 159. 2000. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[DM10-4] "A new mixosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 60–69. 2006. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[60:ANMIFT]2.0.CO;2. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

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