Genus
Valid Extinct

Protoichthyosaurus

Appleby 1979

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Protoichthyosaurus
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Three-dimensional skull of BMT 1955.G35.1, Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis. (B) Skull in left lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. (C) Skull in right lateral view, as reconstructed in 2015. Note the distinctive asymmetric maxilla with long, narrow anterior process. Teeth are not in their original positions. Scale bar represents 20 cm. © Dean R. Lomax​1, Laura B. Porro2, Nigel R. Larkin · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Parvipelvia Unranked clade
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Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Thunnosauria Unranked clade
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Ichthyosauridae Family
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Protoichthyosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
Geological formations
Blue Lias
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Protoichthyosaurus applebyi
Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalis 201 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. M. Appleby. 1979. The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology 22(4):921-946
Bibliography (1)
R. M. Appleby. 1979. The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology 22(4):921-946