Species
Valid Extinct

Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris

Conybeare 1822

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
8
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 tenuirostris Species
Fossil sites 8 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8
Geological formations
White Lias
3
Blue Lias
2
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
2
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
2
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
3
Synonyms (2)
Ichthyosaurus chirostrongulostinus subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris
Ichthyosaurus grandipes subjective synonym of Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris
Bibliography
Original description
W. D. Conybeare. 1822. Additional notices on the fossil genera Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 1:103-123 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗
T. Hawkins. 1834. Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri, Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth