Genus
Valid Extinct

Parrassaurus

Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021

Parrassaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico named in 2021. Parrassaurus includes one species, Parrassaurus yacahuitztli. The type specimen was around 5 metres (16 ft) long.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Parrassaurus
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Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Platypterygiinae Subfamily
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Parrassaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
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Geological formations
La Caja
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Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
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Species (1)
Parrassaurus yacahuitztli 145 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2021. A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in northeastern Mexico. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45(2):203-216 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2021. A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in northeastern Mexico. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45(2):203-216 DOI ↗