Species
Valid Extinct

Ichthyosaurus communis

(Conybeare 1821)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
25
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Parvipelvia Unranked clade
Neoichthyosauria Unranked clade
Thunnosauria Unranked clade
Ichthyosauridae Family
Ichthyosaurus Genus
Ichthyosaurus communis Species
Fossil sites 25 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
22
🇧🇪 Belgium
2
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Blue Lias
7
White Lias
4
Lias
2
Luxembourg
2
Ardnish
1
Charmouth Mudstone
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
5
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
9
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
8
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
3
Synonyms (6)
Ichthyosaurus chiroparamekostinus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus chiropolyostinus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus fortimanus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus intermedius subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus latimanus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Ichthyosaurus polyostinus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus communis
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1861. Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and their Geological Relations. Second Edition. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh DOI ↗
Bibliography (12)
S. L. Brusatte, M. T. Young, and T. J. Challands, N. D. L. Clark, V. Fischer, N. C. Fraser, J. J. Liston, C. C. J. MacFayden, D. A. Ross, S. Walsh, M. Wilkinson. 2015. Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology DOI ↗
S. P. Bennett, P. M. Barrett, and M. E. Collinson, S. Moore-Fay, P. G. Davis, C. P. Palmer. 2012. A new specimen of Ichthyosaurus communis from Dorset, UK, and its bearing on the stratigraphical range of the species. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 123:146-154 DOI ↗
M. W. Maisch, A. G. Reisdorf, and R. Schlatter, A. Wetzel. 2008. A large skull of Ichthyosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) of Frick (NW Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geoscience 101:617-627 DOI ↗
A. S. Smith and J. D. Radley. 2007. A marine reptile fauna from the Early Jurassic Saltford Shale (Blue Lias Formation) of Central England. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 56(4):253-260 DOI ↗
P. Godefroit. 1995. Un crâne d'Ichthyosaurus communis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) du Sinémurien supérieur de Lorraine belge. Bulletin de Société belge de Géologie 104(1-2):77-89
C. McGowan. 1974. A revision of the latipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Life Sciences Contribution Royal Ontario Museum 100:1-30 DOI ↗
L. Dollo. 1909. The fossil vertebrates of Belgium. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 19(4):99-119 DOI ↗
R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1884. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III.
T. Wright. 1860. On the Zone of Avicula contorta, and the Lower Lias of the South of England. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:374-411 DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1854. Descriptive catalogue of the Fossil organic remains of Reptilia and Pisces contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. London
T. Hawkins. 1834. Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth