Sumpalla
Name: Sumpalla.
Phonetic: Sum-pal-lah.
Named By: Lisandro Campos, Marta S. Fern�ndez,
Yanina Herrera & Alberto Garrido - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Platypterygiinae.
Species: S. argentina (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina - Vaca Muerta
Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Sumpalla
ia a genus of ichthyosaur
that lived in the waters around South America
during the late Jurassic. The holotype fossil of Sumpalla
was
originally assigned to the Aegirosaurus
genus, before being
re-described in 2021.
Further reading
- Morphological disparity in the evolution of the ophthalmosaurid
forefin: new clues from the Upper Jurassic of Argentina. - Papers
in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 1995–2020. - Lisandro Campos,
Marta S. Fern�ndez, Yanina Herrera & Alberto Garrido
- 2021.
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