Genus
Valid Extinct

Metashastasaurus

Nicholls and Manabe 2001

Callawayia is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. It contains the species Callawayia neoscapularis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Metashastasaurus
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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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Shastasauridae Family
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Metashastasaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Geological formations
Pardonet
2
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Metashastasaurus neoscapularis 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe. 2001. A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia: bridging the Triassic-Jurassic gap. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:983-1002 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe. 2001. A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia: bridging the Triassic-Jurassic gap. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:983-1002 DOI ↗