Genre
Valide Éteint

Cetarthrosaurus

Seeley 1873

Cetarthrosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from the eastern United Kingdom. It was collected from the Cambridge Greensand Formation, dating to late Albian or early Cenomanian stage, of the Early Cretaceous-Late Cretaceous boundary. Cetarthrosaurus was first named by Harry G. Seeley in 1873 and the type species is Cetarthrosaurus walkeri.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marin
Cetarthrosaurus
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Cetarthrosaurus walkeri, propodials. A–F: Holotype (CAMSM B58069), in proximal (A), distal (B), dorsal (C), anterior (D), posterior (E), and ventral (F) views. G–L: referred specimen (CAMSM X50170), in proximal (G), distal (H), dorsal (I), anterior (J), posterior (K), and ventral (L) views. Note the high aspect ratio, the rounded capitulum disconnected from the shaft trochanters, and the high and lamellar dorsal trochanter. Abbreviations: AAE: anterior accessory epipodial element; Fi: fibula; Ra: radius; Ti: tibia; Ul: ulna. © Valentin Fischer, Nathalie Bardet, Myette Guiomar, Pascal Godefroit · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Ichthyosauria Clade non classé
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Cetarthrosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇬🇧 Royaume-Uni
1
Formations géologiques
West Melbury Marly Chalk
1
Distribution temporelle
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Cetarthrosaurus walkeri 106 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
H. G. Seeley. 1873. On Cetarthrosaurus walkeri (Seeley), an ichthyosaurian from the Cambridge Upper Greensand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of Lodon 29:505-507 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
V. Fischer, N. Bardet, and M. Guiomar, P. Godefroit. 2014. High diversity in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction. PLoS ONE 9(1):e84709 DOI ↗