Species
Valid Extinct

Toretocnemus zitteli

Merriam 1903

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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PBDB ↗
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Hueneosauria Unranked clade
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Longipinnati Suborder
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Toretocnemidae Family
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Toretocnemus Genus
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Toretocnemus zitteli Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Hosselkus
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Merriamia zitteli subjective synonym of Toretocnemus zitteli
Bibliography
Original description
R. Motani. 1999. Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):473-496 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. C. Merriam. 1903. New Ichthyosauria from the Upper Triassic of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(12):249-263