Thaisaurus
Thaisaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Ichthyopterygia |
Family: | †Thaisauridae Maisch, 2010 |
Genus: | †Thaisaurus Mazin et al., 1991 |
Type species | |
†Thaisaurus chonglakmanii Mazin et al., 1991
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Thaisaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Spathian[1] (late Olenekian, Early Triassic). Fossils have been found in Thailand.[2]
See also[]
- List of ichthyosaurs
- Timeline of ichthyosaur research
References[]
- ^ Tongtherm, Kittichai; Shigeta, Yasunari; Sardsud, Apsorn; Sashida, Katsuo; Agematsu, Sachiko (October 2020). "Age of the Early Triassic Ichthyopterygian Thaisaurus Inferred from Ammonoid Biostratigraphy". Paleontological Research. 24 (4): 276–284. doi:10.2517/2019PR022. S2CID 222136795.
- ^ New Material of Qianichtyosaurus Li, 1999 (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the late Triassic of southern China, and Implications for the Distribution of Triassic Ichthyosaurs. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Chen Wei, Makoto Manabe.
Categories:
- Early Triassic reptiles of Asia
- Triassic ichthyopterygians
- Ichthyosauromorph genera
- Triassic reptile stubs
- Ichthyosaur stubs