Family
Valid Extinct

Shonisauridae

Camp 1980

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
Shonisauridae
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Shastasaurus (formerly Shonisaurus) sikkanniensis at The Royal Tyrrell Museum. © LegendZ3 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Hueneosauria Unranked clade
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Merriamosauria Unranked clade
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Shonisauridae Family
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Qulonggongba
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 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)
M.-M. Chang and F. Jin. 1996. Mesozoic fish faunas of China. Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology 1:461-478