Species
Valid Extinct

Utatsusaurus hataii

Shikama and Kamei 1978

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Utatsusauridae Family
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Utatsusaurus Genus
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Utatsusaurus hataii Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
2
Geological formations
Osawa
1
Temporal distribution
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
T. Shikama and T. Kamei. 1978. Early Triassic ichthyosaurus, Utatsusaurus hataii gen. et sp. nov, from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Tohoku University Scientific Report, 2nd series 48(2):77-97
Bibliography (2)
R. Motani, N. Minoura, and T. Ando. 1998. Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan. Nature 393:255-257 DOI ↗
T. Shikama and T. Kamei. 1978. Early Triassic ichthyosaurus, Utatsusaurus hataii gen. et sp. nov, from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan. Tohoku University Scientific Report, 2nd series 48(2):77-97