Species
Valid Extinct

Ichthyosaurus acutirostris

(Owen 1840)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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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Ichthyosaurus Genus
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Ichthyosaurus acutirostris Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Alum Shale
4
Whitby Mudstone
1
Temporal distribution
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
6
Synonyms (5)
Ichthyosaurus crassimanus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus acutirostris
Ichthyosaurus longifrons subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus acutirostris
Ichthyosaurus longipennis subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus acutirostris
Ichthyosaurus microdon subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus acutirostris
Ichthyosaurus zetlandicus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus acutirostris
Bibliography
Original description
R. Owen. 1840. Report on British fossil reptiles. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 8:43-126
Bibliography (3)
M. W. Maisch. 2008. Revision der gattung Stenopterygius Jaekel, 1904 emend. von Huene, 1922 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) aus dem unteren Jura Westeuropas. Palaeodiversity 1:227-271
M. J. Benton and M. A. Taylor. 1984. Marine reptiles from the Upper Lias (Lower Toarcian, Lower Jurassic) of the Yorkshire coast. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society 44(4):399-429 DOI ↗
R. Owen. 1884. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III.