Family
Valid Extinct

Californosauridae

Von Huene 1948

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Callawayia 1
Californosaurus 2
1 Callawayia · 2 Californosaurus
PBDB ↗
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Hueneosauria Unranked clade
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Merriamosauria Unranked clade
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Californosauridae Family
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Geological formations
Hosselkus
1
Hosselkus Limestone
1
Pardonet
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Carnian (237–227.3 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214
Bibliography (4)
E. L. Nicholls and M. Manabe. 2004. Giant ichthyosaurs of the Triassic - a new species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):838-849 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
C. Mcgowan. 1994. A new species of Shastasaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Triassic of British Columbia: the most complete exemplar of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(2):168-179 DOI ↗
J. C. Merriam. 1902. Triassic Ichthyopterygia from California and Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 3(4):63-108