Species
Valid Extinct

Omphalosaurus wolfi

Tichy 1995

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Omphalosauridae Family
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Omphalosaurus Genus
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Omphalosaurus wolfi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Geological formations
Lercheck Limestone
1
Temporal distribution
Ladinian (241.464–237 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 ↗