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Mixosauridae

Baur 1887

La famille des Mixosauridae regroupe des tétrapodes aquatiques de l'ordre des Ichthyosauria. C'est la famille la plus commune des ichtyosaures.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
40
Groupe
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marin
Mixosauridae
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Mixosaurus sp. Anhui Geological Museum © Dlyj0604 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Clade non classé
Hueneosauria Clade non classé
Mixosauridae Famille
Sites de découverte 40 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
16
🇩🇪 Allemagne
6
🇺🇸 États-Unis
6
🇨🇦 Canada
5
🇨🇭 Suisse
5
🇸🇯 SJ
1
🇮🇹 Italie
1
Formations géologiques
Guanling
7
Sulphur Mountain
5
Favret
4
Monte San Giorgio bituminous shales
3
Besano
3
Jena
2
Stockletten
1
Prida
1
Distribution temporelle
Norien (227.3–205.7 Ma)
3
Anisien (246.7–241.464 Ma)
32
Olénékien (249.9–246.7 Ma)
5
Images 12
Bibliographie
Description originale
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
Bibliographie (26)
Y.-W. Fang, A. S. Wolniewicz, and J. Liu. 2024. A new species of mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Luxi County, Yunnan Province, South China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69(2):263-280 DOI ↗
J. Liu, R. Motani, and D.-Y. Jiang, S.-X. Hu, J. C. Aitchison, O. Rieppel, M. J. benton, Q.-Y. Zhang, C.-Y. Zhou. 2013. The first specimen of the Middle Triassic Pharalodon atavus (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from South China, showing postcranial anatomy and peri-Tethyan distribution. Palaeontology 56(4):849-866 DOI ↗
J. Liu, J. Aitchison, and YY Sun, Q. Y. Zhang, CY Zhou, T. Lv. 2011. New Mixosaurid Ichthyosaur Specimen from the Middle Triassic of SW China: Further Evidence for the Diapsid Origin of Ichthyosaurs. Journal of Paleontology 85(1):32-36 DOI ↗
X.-H. Chen and L. Cheng. 2010. A new species of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Pu'an, Guizhou, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica (2):251-260
X.-H. Chen and L. Cheng. 2009. The discovery of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) from the Middle Triassic of Luoping, Yunnan Province. Acta Geologica Sinica 83(9):1214-1220
R. Motani, D.-Y. Jiang, and A. Tintori, Y.-L. Sun, W.-C. Hao, A. Boyd, S. Hinic-Frlog, L. Schmitz, J.-Y. Shin, Z.-Y. Sun. 2008. Horizons and assemblages of Middle Triassic marine reptiles from Panxian. Guizhou, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):900-903 DOI ↗
D.-Y. Jiang, L. Schmitz, and R. Motani, W.-C. Hao, Y.-L. Sun. 2007. The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon cf. P. Fraasi from the Middle Triassic of Guizhou Province, China. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):602-605 DOI ↗
D.-Y. Jiang, W.-C. Hao, and M. W. Maisch, A. T. Matzke, Y.-L. Sun. 2005. A basal mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. Palaeontology 48(4):869-882 DOI ↗
L. Schmitz. 2005. The taxonomic status of Mixosaurus nordenskioeldii (Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):983-985 DOI ↗
L. Schmitz, P. M. Sander, and G. W. Storrs, O. Rieppel. 2004. New Mixosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of the Augusta Moutnains (Nevada, USA) and their implications for mixosaur taxonomy. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 270:133-162 DOI ↗
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2001. The cranial osteology of the Middle Triassic ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from Germany. Palaeontology 44(6):1127-1156 DOI ↗
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 2001. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VIII. A redescription of Phalarodon major (von Huene, 1916) and the composition and phylogeny of the Mixosauridae. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 220(3):431-447 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 2000. Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 74(1/2):1-35 DOI ↗
E. L. Nicholls, D. B. Brinkman, and J. M. Callaway. 1999. New material of Phalarodon (reptilia: ichthyosauria) from the triassic of British Columbia and its bearing on the interrelationships of mixosaurs. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 252:1-22 DOI ↗
M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke. 1997. Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part I: Structure of the palate and mode of tooth implantation in Mixosaurus cornalianus (Bassani, 1886). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 1997(12):717-732 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander, O. C. Rieppel, and H. Bucher. 1994. A new marine vertebrate fauna from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 68(3):676-680 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander and H. Boucher. 1990. On the presence of Mixosaurus (Ichthyopterygia: Reptilia) in the Middle Triassic of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 64(1):161-164 DOI ↗
J. M. Callaway and D. B. Brinkman. 1989. Ichthyosaurs (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Lower and Middle Triassic Sulphur Mountain Formation, Wapiti Lake area, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 26(7):1491-1500 DOI ↗
P. M. Sander. 1988. A fossil reptile embryo from the Middle Triassic of the Alps. Science 329:780-782 DOI ↗
H. C. Berg and E. L. Cruz. 1982. Map and table describing fossil collections and related samples in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert Quadrangles, southeastern Alaska. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-1088 DOI ↗
A. Toroni. 1979. Les reptiles du Trias moyen du Monte San Giorgio, Tessin [The reptiles from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Tessino]. Bulletin der Vereinigung Schweiz. Petroleum Geologen und Ingenieure 45(109):17-34
C.-C. Young. 1965. On a revised determination of a fossil reptile from Jenhui, Kweichou with note on a new ichthyosaur probably from China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 9(4):368-375
O. Kuhn. 1942. Über einige Saurierreste aus dem Muschelkalk von Freyburg a. d. Unstrut [On some saurian remains from the Muschelkalk of Freyburg on the Unstrut]. Beiträge zur Geologie von Thüringen 6:17-24
F. von Huene. 1916. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ichthyosaurier im deutschen Muschelkalk. Palaeontographica
J. C. Merriam. 1906. Preliminary note on a new marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 5(5):71-79
F. Bassani. 1886. Sui fossili e sull'età degli schisti bituminosi triasici di Besano in Lombardia [On the fossils and the age of the Triassic bituminous schist of Besano in Lombardy]. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturale del Museo Civili de Storia Naturali 29:15-72