Family
Valid Extinct

Besanosauridae

McGowan and Motani 2003

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Besanosauridae
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Figure description from paper: "A Cast of BES SC 999, the holotype of Besanosaurus leptorhynchus and (B) interpretative drawing (modified from Dal Sasso & Pinna, 1996). Foetal remains are highlighted with green lines. a astragalus, c calcaneum, Cl clavicle, Co coracoid, Fe femur, Fi Fibula, H humerus, i intermedium, Il Ilium, Is Ischium, P pubis, p pisiform, R radius, r radiale, S scapula, T Tibia, U Ulna, u ulnare; 2, 3, and 4, distal carpals and tarsals; II, III, IV, and V, metacarpals and metatarsals. The apostrophe (‘) indicates left elements. Scale bar represents 50 cm" © Gabriele Bindellini, Andrzej S. Wolniewicz, Feiko Miedema, Cristiano Dal Sasso, and Torsten M. Scheyer; modified from an illustration in Dal Sasso & Pinna (1996) done by Cristiano Dal Sasso and Fabio Fogliazza · CC BY 4.0 · 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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Besanosauridae Family
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales
1
Temporal distribution
Anisian (246.7–241.464 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
C. McGowan and R. Motani. 2003. Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 8 / Part 8 Ichthyopterygia.
Bibliography (1)
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗