Protoichthyosaurus

Protoichthyosaurus
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Hettangian–Sinemurian
Scientific classification
(unranked): Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Appleby, 1979
Species
  • P. prosostealis Appleby, 1979
  • P. prostaxalis Appleby, 1979 (type)

Protoichthyosaurus is a genus of ichthyosaur from the early Jurassic of southern England. Two species are known, P. prosostealis and P. prostaxalis.[1]

Protoichthyosaurus was synonymized with Ichthyosaurus by Maisch and Hungerbuhler (1997) and Maisch and Matzke (2000), but an SVP 2016 abstract finds it to be distinct from Ichthyosaurus.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Appleby, R.M. 1979, The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology, 22: 921-946.
  2. ↑ MAISCH, M. W. & HUNGERBÜHLER, A. (1997): Revision of Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis (v. HUENE, 1931), a large ichthyosaur from the Lower Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Nürtingen, South Western Germany. – Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturkde., B, 248: 1–11, 1 fig.; Stuttgart
  3. ↑ Maisch, M. W., and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298:1–159.
  4. ↑ "Meeting Program & Abstracts : SVP 2016 : 76th Annual Meeting" (PDF). Docentes.fct.unl.pt. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
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