Name:
Kazakhstanosaurus
(Kazakhstan lizard).
Phonetic: Kaz-ak-stan-o-sor-us.
Named By: Якупова Джамиля Болатовна (Yakupova
Jamilya Bolatovna) & Ахмеденов Кажмурат Максутович
(Akhmedenov Kazhmurat Maksutovich) - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Undorosauridae.
Species: K. efimovi (type),
K.
shchuchkinensis.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Kazakhstan. Russia.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of at least
two individuals.
Kazakhstanosaurus
is a genus of ichthyosaur
that lived during the late Jurassic.
Kazakhstanosaurus is considered to be similar and
perhaps even an
ancestor to the genus Undorosaurus.
Further reading
- новый вид kazakhstanosaurus efimovi yakupova et
akhmedenov sp.
nov. (ichthyosauria, undorosauridae) из верхнеюрских отложений
среднего поволжья России. (new species kazakhstanosaurus
efimovi
yakupova et akhmedenov sp. nov. (ichthyosauria, undorosauridae)
from the upper jurassic deposits of the middle volga region of
Russia) - Ученые записки Казанского университета. Серия
Естественные науки. 163 (2): 251–263. - Якупова Джамиля
Болатовна (Yakupova Jamilya Bolatovna) & Ахмеденов Кажмурат
Максутович (Akhmedenov Kazhmurat Maksutovich) - 2021.
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