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Ichthyosaurus
| Description | Ichthyosaurus (derived from Greek ἰχθύς (ichthys) meaning 'fish' and σαῦρος (sauros) meaning 'lizard') is a genus of ichthyosaurs from the late Triassic and early Jurassic (Rhaetian - Pliensbachian) of Europe (Belgium, England, Germany, Switzerland) and Asia (Indonesia). It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, as it is the type genus of the order Ichthyosauria. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaurus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Ichthyosaurus | |||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821 | |||||||
| Name Published In | De la Beche, H. T. & W. D. Conybeare. 1821. Notice of the discovery of a new fossil animal, forming a link between the Ichthyosaurus and crocodile, together with general remarks on the osteology of the Ichthyosaurus. Transactions of the Geological Society of London 5: 559–594. | |||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyosaurus |
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