Genus
Valid Extinct

Guanlingichthyosaurus

Yin et al. 2000

Guanlingsaurus is an extinct genus of shastasaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic of China. It grew up to 8.3 metres (27 ft) in length and has a wide, triangular skull with a short and toothless snout.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Guanlingichthyosaurus Genus
Bibliography
Original description
C. Ji, D.-Y. Jiang, and R. Motani, W.-C. Hao, Z.-Y. Sun, T. Cai. 2013. A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingasaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2):340-348 DOI ↗