Protoichthyosaurus
Name:
Protoichthyosaurus
(First Icthyosaurus).
Phonetic: Pro-to-ik-fe-o-sor-us.
Named By: R. M. Appleby - 1979.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ichthyosauridae.
Species: P. prostaxalis
(type), P. applebyi.
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: P. prostaxalis etimated at about 2.5
meters long. P. applebyi estimated at abuot 2 meters long.
Known locations: England - Blue Lias Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic/Early Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a few
individuals.
Protoichthyosaurus
is a genus of small ichthyosaur
that lived during the early Jurassic,
though possibly also in the Late Triassic.
Further reading
- The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology
22(4):921-946. - R. M. Appleby - 1979.
- The taxonomic utility of forefin morphology in Lower Jurassic
ichthyosaurs: Protoichthyosaurus and Ichthyosaurus.
- Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology 37(5): e1361433. - D. R.
Lomax, J. A. Massare & R. T. Mistry - 2017.
- A second specimen of Protoichthyosaurus applebyi
(Reptilia:
Ichthyosauria) and additional information on the genus and species.
- Paludicola. 11 (4): 164–178. - Dean R. Lomax
& Judy A. Massare - 2018.
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