Genus
Valid Extinct

Callawayia

Maisch and Matzke 2000

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
Callawayia
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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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Californosauridae Family
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Callawayia Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
2
Geological formations
Pardonet
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Callawayia neoscapularis 227 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2000. The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Palaontologie) 298:1-159
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗
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 ↗