Family
Valid Extinct

Wimaniidae

Maisch 2010

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Wimaniidae
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Figure description from paper: "Fig. 3 Wimanius odontopalatus Maisch & Matzke, 1998, holotype, GPIT-PV-76272. Photos courtesy of G. Bindellini (Milano). a The complete holotype. b Detail showing a part of the dentition. c Disarticulated bones from the posterior part of the skull © Gabriele Bindellini · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Mixosauria Suborder
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Wimaniidae Family
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214
Bibliography (1)
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗