Mixosauria

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Mixosauria
Temporal range: Triassic, 247.2–235.0 Ma
Contectopalatus1DB.jpg
Contectopalatus atavus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Node: †Hueneosauria
Infraorder: †Mixosauria
Motani, 1999
Genera

Wimaniidae Maisch, 2010

Mixosauridae Baur, 1887

The Mixosauria were an early group of ichthyosaurs, living between 247.2 and 235 million years ago, during the Triassic period.[1][2] 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),[3] Maisch and Matzke (2000),[4] and Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun (2006),[5] with clade and generic names following Maisch (2010):[2]

Mixosauria
Wimaniidae

Wimanius

 
Mixosauridae
Mixosaurinae
 

Barracudasauroides

 
 
 

Mixosaurus cornalianus

 
 

Mixosaurus kuhnschnyderi

 
 
 
Phalarodontinae
 

Contectopalatus

 
 
 

Phalarodon callawayi

 
 

Phalarodon fraasi

 
 
 
 
 

References[]

  1. ^ "†suborder Mixosauria Motani 1999". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Michael W. Maisch (2010). "Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria – the state of the art" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 3: 151–214.
  3. ^ Motani, R. (1999). "Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (3): 472–495. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011160.
  4. ^ Michael W. Maisch & Andreas T. Matzke (2000). "The Ichthyosauria". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). 298: 1–159.
  5. ^ Jiang, Da-yong; Schmitz, Lars; Hao, Wei-Cheng & Sun, Yuan-Lin (2006). "A new mixosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (1): 60–69. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[60:ANMIFT]2.0.CO;2.


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