Phalarodon
| Phalarodon Temporal range: Triassic,
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| Genus: | Phalarodon Merriam, 1910
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Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen.[2] The type species is Phalarodon fraasi Merriam 1910. Other species are: Phalarodon atavus (Quenstedt 1852), originally Ichthyosaurus atavus; Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke 1873) Maisch & Matzke 2000, originally Ichthyosaurus nordenskioeldii; Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke 2000; and Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz 2004.
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References
- ^ "†Phalarodon Merriam 1910 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ The Mixosaurid Ichthyosaur Phalarodon Cf. P. Fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Da-Yong Jiang, Lars Schmitz, Ryosuke Motani, Wei-Chang Hao and Yuan-Lin Sun.
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