Genus
Valid Extinct

Mollesaurus

Fernandez 1999

Mollesaurus is an extinct genus of large ophthalmosaurine ichthyosaur known from northwestern Patagonia of Argentina.

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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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Ophthalmosaurinae Subfamily
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Mollesaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
Geological formations
Los Molles
1
Temporal distribution
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Mollesaurus periallus 171 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. S. Fernandez. 1999. A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):677-681 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
Z. Gasparini and M. Fernández. 2005. Jurassic marine reptiles of the Neuquen Basin: records, faunas, and their palaeobiogeographic significance. The Neuquen Basin, Argentina: A Case Study in Sequence Stratigraphy and Basin Dynamics; Geological Society, London, Special Publications 252:279-294 DOI ↗
M. S. Fernandez. 1999. A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 73(4):677-681 DOI ↗