Suevoleviathan

Maisch 1998

Suevoleviathan is an extinct genus of primitive ichthyosaur found in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Holzmaden, Germany.

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Plage temporelle

Trias

Jurassique

Crétacé

Paléogène

Néogène

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Occurrences PBDB

Groupe

Ichtyosaures

Carnivore nektonic Marin

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Life restoration of the German Jurassic ichthyosaur Suevoleviathan disinteger. The dorsal and caudal fins are loosely based on those of Stenopterygius. References Maisch, M.W. (2020). "The best-preserved skeleton of Suevoleviathan integer (Bronn, 1844)(Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the lower Jurassic of south-western Germany, with a discussion of the genus". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 297 (2): 153–172. Maisch, M.W. (1998). "A new ichthyosaur genus from the Posidonia Shale (Lower Toarcian, Jurassic) of Holzmaden, SW-Germany with comments on the phylogeny of post-Triassic ichthyosaurs". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 209 (1): 47–78. © Slate Weasel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Ichthyosauria Clade non classé

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Parvipelvia Clade non classé

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Suevoleviathan Genre

Sites de découverte 6 sites géolocalisés

Répartition

Principaux pays

🇩🇪 Allemagne

🇫🇷 France

Formations géologiques

Posidonia Shale

Posidonienschiefer

Distribution temporelle

Toarcien (184.2–174.7 Ma)

Espèces (2)

Suevoleviathan disinteger 184 Ma

Suevoleviathan integer 184 Ma

Bibliographie

Description originale

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

Bibliographie (2)

E. E. Maxwell. 2018. Redescription of the ‘lost’ holotype of Suevoleviathan integer (Bronn, 1844) (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(2):e1439833 DOI ↗

V. Fischer, M. Guiomar, and P. Godefroit. 2011. New data on the palaeobiogeography of Early Jurassic marine reptiles: the Toarcian ichthyosaur fauna of the Vocontian Basin (SE France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaontologie. Abhandlungen 261(1):111-127 DOI ↗