Genre
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Baptanodon

Seeley 1874

Baptanodon is an ichthyosaur of the Late Jurassic period, named for its supposed lack of teeth. It had a graceful 3.5 m (11 ft) long dolphin-shaped body, and its jaws were well adapted for catching squid. Major fossil finds of this genus have been recorded in North America. The type species, Sauranodon natans, was originally included under Sauranodon in 1879, but this name was preoccupied.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
2
Groupe
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marin
Baptanodon
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A figure from Notes on Osteology of Baptanodon. With a Description of a New Species. © Some artist working for C. W. Gilmore · Public domain · Wikimedia

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Classification
Ichthyosauria Clade non classé
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Baracromia Clade non classé
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Ophthalmosauridae Famille
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Baptanodon Genre
Sites de découverte 2 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
2
Formations géologiques
Sundance
2
Distribution temporelle
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Callovien (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Baptanodon discus 168 Ma
Synonymes (1)
Sauranodon replaced by Baptanodon
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
H. G. Seeley. 1874. On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:696-707 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (2)
C. W. Gilmore. 1905. Osteology of Baptanodon (Marsh). Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 2(2):77-129 DOI ↗
W. C. Knight. 1900. Some new Jurassic vertebrates. American Journal of Science, series 4 10:115-119 DOI ↗