Parrassaurus
Name:
Parrassaurus.
Phonetic: Pah-rah-sor-us.
Named By: Jair Israel Barrientos & Jes�s
Alvarado-Ortega - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Platypterygiinae.
Species: P. yacahuitztli
(type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mexico - La Caja Formation.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Parrassaurus
is a genus of ichthyosaur
that lived in waters around Mexico during the
late Jurassic.
Further reading
- A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in
northeastern Mexico. - Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of
Palaeontology.. - Jair Israel Barrientos & Jes�s
Alvarado-Ortega - 2021.
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