Wahlisaurus
Name:
Wahlisaurus
(Wahl’s lizard).
Phonetic: Wahl-e-sor-us.
Named By: Dean R. Lomax - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Leptonectidae.
Species: W. massare (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: England, Nottinghamshire.
Time period: Hettangian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial post
cranial skeleton.
Originally discovered in 1951, the holotype fossil of Wahlisaurus was not officially described until sixty-five years later in 2016. Wahlisaurus is a leptonectid ichthyosaur noted for having a very long snout. Other ichthyosaurs similar to Wahlisaurus include Leptonectes, Eurhinosaurus and Excalibosaurus.
Further reading
- A new leptonectid ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic
(Hettangian) of Nottinghamshire, England, UK, and the
taxonomic usefulness of the ichthyosaurian coracoid. - Journal of
Systematic Palaeontology: 1–15 - Dean R. Lomax - 2016.
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