Family
Valid Extinct

Omphalosauridae

(Merriam 1906)

Omphalosauridae is an extinct family of Ichthyosauriformes known from the Early to Late Triassic of Europe, North America, and Asia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
11
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Omphalosauridae
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Omphalosauridae Family
Fossil sites 11 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
3
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇸🇯 SJ
1
🇵🇱 Poland
1
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
🇷🇺 Russia
1
🇨🇳 China
1
🇮🇹 Italy
1
Geological formations
Prida
2
Vikinghøgda
1
Karchowice
1
Jena
1
Karazin
1
Guanling
1
Dont / M. Bivera
1
Lercheck Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
2
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
7
Olenekian (249.9–246.7 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
O. Kuhn. 1946. Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles]. Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29:49-67
Bibliography (11)
C. P. Ekeheien, L. L. Delsett, and A. J. Roberts, J. H. Hurum. 2018. Preliminary report on ichthyopterygian elements from the Early Triassic (Spathian) of Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology 98(2):219-237 DOI ↗
T. Wintrich, H. Hagdorn, and P. M. Sander. 2017. An enigmatic marine reptile—the actual first record of Omphalosaurus in the Muschelkalk of the Germanic basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(6):e1384739 DOI ↗
M. S. Arkhangelsky, N. G. Zverkov, and Y. D. Zakharov, I. V. Borisov. 2016. On the First Reliable Find of the Genus Tholodus (Reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) in the Asian Peripheral Area of the Panthalassic Ocean. Paleontological Journal 50(1):78-86 DOI ↗
D. Jiang, R. Motani, and W. Hao, L. Schmitz, O. Rieppel, Y. Sun, Z. Sun. 2008. New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery. Progress in Natural Science 18:1315-1319 DOI ↗
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2004. First record of the rare marine reptile Tholodus schmidi from the Middle Triassic of the Southern Alps. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 110(2):479-492
P. M. Sander and C. Faber. 2003. The Triassic marine reptile Omphalosaurus: osteology, jaw anatomy, and evidence for ichthyosaurian affinities. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):799-816 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander and C. Faber. 1998. New finds of Omphalosaurus and a review of Triassic ichthyosaur paleobiogeography. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 72(1/2):149-162 DOI ↗
J.-M. Mazin and H. F. R. Bucher. 1987. [(Omphalosaurus nettarhynchus, a new Omphalosaurid species (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Spathian of the Humboldt Range, Nevada, USA)]. Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre 305(9):823-828
O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24
J. C. Merriam. 1906. Preliminary note on a new marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 5(5):71-79