Parrassaurus

Parrassaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico found in 2021. Parrassaurus includes one species, Parrassaurus yacahuitztli.[1] The type specimen (CPC 307) was around 5 metres (16 ft) long.[2]

Parrassaurus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Platypterygiinae
Genus: Parrassaurus
Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021
Type species
Parrassaurus yacahuitztli
Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021

References

  1. Barrientos-Lara, J. I.; Alvarado-Ortega, J. (2021). "A new Tithonian ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Coahuila in northeastern Mexico". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1922755.
  2. Marie–Céline Buchy; José Guadalupe López Oliva (2009). "Occurrence of a second ichthyosaur genus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) in the Late Jurassic Gulf of Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 62 (2). doi:10.18268/BSGM2009V61N2A11. ISSN 1405-3322. S2CID 54774650.


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