Macgowania

Motani 1999

Macgowania is an extinct genus of parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada. It was a small ichthyosaur around 3 metres (9.8 ft) in total body length.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ichtyosaures

Carnivore nektonic Marine

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Wikimedia

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Classification

Ichthyosauria Unranked clade

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Parvipelvia Unranked clade

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Macgowania Genus

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇨🇦 Canada

Geological formations

Pardonet

Temporal distribution

Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)

Species (1)

Macgowania janiceps 227 Ma

Bibliography

Original description

R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe. 2004. Giant ichthyosaurs of the Triassic - a new species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):838-849 DOI ↗

P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗