Keilhauia
Name: Keilhauia
(named after Baltazar Mathias Keilhau).
Phonetic: Ke-el-how-e-ah.
Named By: L. L. Delsett, A. J. Roberts,
P. S. Druckenmiller & J. J. Hurum - 2017.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae.
Species: K. nui (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Roughly estimated to be about 3.8 to
4.3 meters long.
Known locations: Norway, Svalbard -
Agardhfjellet Formation.
Time period: Berriasian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial
skeleton, elements of the skull.
Keilhauia
is a genus of opthalmosaurid ichthyosaur
that lived during the early
Cretaceous. Though only known from partial remains, Keilhauia
shares many similarities to the genera Cryopterygius
and Caypullisaurus.
Further reading
- A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from Svalbard, Norway,
and evolution of the ichthyopterygian pelvic girdle. - PLoS ONE
12(1):e0169971. - L. L. Delsett, A. J. Roberts,
P. S. Druckenmiller & J. J. Hurum - 2017.
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