Species
Valid Extinct

Xiphodracon goldencapensis

Lomax et al. 2025

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Leptonectidae Family
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Hauffiopterygia Unranked clade
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Xiphodracon Genus
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Xiphodracon goldencapensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Charmouth Mudstone
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
D. R. Lomax, J. A. Massare, and E. E. Maxwell. 2025. A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval. Papers in Palaeontology 11(5):e70038 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. R. Lomax, J. A. Massare, and E. E. Maxwell. 2025. A new long and narrow‐snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval. Papers in Palaeontology 11(5):e70038 DOI ↗