Species
Valid Extinct

Cymbospondylus petrinus

Leidy 1868

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Hueneosauria Unranked clade
Longipinnati Suborder
Cymbospondylidae Family
Cymbospondylus Genus
Cymbospondylus petrinus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Prida
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some reptilian remains from Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109:177-178
Bibliography (3)
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
J. C. Merriam. 1905. A primitive ichthyosaurian limb from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 4(2):33-38
J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some reptilian remains from Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109:177-178