Mixosauridae
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| Contectopalatus atavus | |
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| Infraorder: | Mixosauria Motani, 1999
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Wimaniidae Maisch, 2010
Mixosauridae Baur, 1887
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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]
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References
- ^ a b "Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 3: 151–214. 2010.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19: 472–495. 1999. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011160.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ "The Ichthyosauria" (PDF). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde: Serie B. 298: 159. 2000.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (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.
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