italictitle Taxobox name Cymbospondylus fossil range Fossil range 240 210 small Between the Middle Triassic Middle and Late Triassic small image Cymbospondylus buchseri.JPG image width 250px image caption C. buchseri fossil regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Sauropsida subclassis Diapsida superordo Ichthyopterygia ordo Ichthyosauria genus Cymbospondylus subdivision ranks Species subdivision C. natans C. germanicus C. nevadanus C. parvus C. piscosus C. grandis C. petrinus C. buchseri Cymbospondylus ... complete skeletons were discovered. Fossil vertebrae from Cymbospondylus were allegedly used as plates by Nevada s silver miners it is now the state s official fossil. Palaeobiology File Cymbospondylus BW.jpg thumb left Restoration Image Cymboscale.png thumb left Cymbospondylus with a human to scale. Cymbospondylus was one of the largest ichthyosaurs, with fossils ranging from convert 6 to 10 ... title Cymbospondylus accessdate 2009 05 25 publisher BBC Science & Nature ref It was also ... Editions location London page 78 isbn 1 84028 152 9 ref Despite its size, Cymbospondylus would ... s. The long tail would have been excellent for swimming, and allowed Cymbospondylus to move at fast speeds and efficiently hunt down shoals of swimming fish. Adult Cymbospondylus probably ... or to catch seasonally available prey. Like other ichthyosaurs, Cymbospondylus probably gave ... had few, if any, predators that could harm them. The eel like tail of Cymbospondylus made up almost .... Like present day sea snake s, Cymbospondylus probably swam by wriggling its body from side to side. The paddle like limbs of Cymbospondylus would primarily have been underwater stabilizers , and for slowing down the ichthyosaur s swimming speed. ref name EoDP In popular culture Cymbospondylus ... Cymbospondylus es Cymbospondylus fr Cymbospondylus it Cymbospondylus hu Cymbospondylus nl Cymbospondylus pl Cymbospondyl ru simple Cymbospondylus th vo Cymbospondylus zh ... more details
Taxobox name Chaohusaurus fossil range Early Triassic image Chaohusaurus BW.jpg image width 250px image caption Chaohusaurus geishanensis regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Sauropsida ordo Ichthyosauria familia Grippidae genus Chaohusaurus genus authority Young & Dong, 1972 subdivision ranks Species subdivision C. geishanensis Image Chaohuscale.png thumb left 225px Chaohusaurus with a human to scale. Chaohusaurus geishanensis geisha lizard of Chaohu was an ichthyosaur , an extinct marine reptile, from the Early Triassic of Chaohu, China. It has also been called Anhuisaurus and Chensaurus . It was described by Young and Dong in 1972. It was closer in form to Cymbospondylus and Mixosaurus than more advanced genera like Ichthyosaurus it did not have the dolphin like form of later ichthyosaurs it had a more lizard like appearance. It did have flippers, rather than webbed feet, but the neck is atypically long and there is no dorsal fin. The tail fin is wide based and short. It is one of the smallest ichthyosaurs, being from 70 to 180 cm long. Its weight is estimated at 10 kg. References http www.dinosaur world.com marine reptiles ichthyopterygia.htm Dinosaur World.com portal Paleontology Category Triassic ichthyosaurs Category Prehistoric reptiles of Asia ichthyosaur stub triassic reptile stub es Chaohusaurus it Chaohusaurus geishanensis pl Czaohuzaur vo Chaohusaurus zh ... more details
Italic title Automatic taxobox name Guizhouichthyosaurus fossil range image image width 250px image caption authority Cao & Luo, 2000 binomial Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae binomial authority Cao & Luo, 2000 type species type synonyms Cymbospondylus asiaticus small Li & You, 2002 small Panjiangsaurus epicharis small Chen & Chang, 2003 small Guizhouichthyosaurus is a genus of Ichthyosaur which existed during the lower Carnian stage of the Late Triassic in southwest China . In contains the species Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae . ref Cranial Osteology of Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae Reptilia Ichthyosauria From the Upper Triassic of China 2006 . By Michael W. Maisch, Xin Ru Pan, Zuo Yu Sun, Tao Cai, Da Peng Zhang, Jia Lin Xie. http en.scientificcommons.org 20246373 ref It had been referred to the genus Shastasaurus in the past, but later study showed that it is likely distinct, since it lacks the characteristically short snout of that genus. ref name plosone2011 Sander, P.M., Chen X., Cheng L. and Wang X. 2011 . http www.plosone.org article info 3Adoi 2F10.1371 2Fjournal.pone.0019480 Short Snouted Toothless Ichthyosaur from China Suggests Late Triassic Diversification of Suction Feeding Ichthyosaurs. PLoS ONE 6 5 e19480. doi 10.1371 journal.pone.0019480 PMID 21625429 ref References reflist Ichthyosaur stub Category Triassic ichthyosaurs es Guizhouichthyosaurus zh ... more details
Taxobox name Californosaurus fossil range Late Triassic image Californosaurus BW.jpg image width 250px image caption Californosaurus perrini regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Reptile Sauropsida subclassis ? Diapsid a ordo Ichthyopterygia subordo Shastasaur ia familia Toretocnemidae genus Californosaurus genus authority Kuhn, 1934 subdivision ranks Species subdivision C. perrini Image Californoscale.png left thumb 225px Californosaurus with a human to scale. Californosaurus perrini Perrin s California lizard was an ichthyosaur , an extinct reptile, from the Lower Hosselkus Limestone Carnian , Late Triassic of California. It has also been known as Shastasaurus perrini and Delphinosaurus dolphin lizard perrini . It is the basal most known true ichthyosaur Euichthyosauria . The long snouted head is small in comparison with the rest of the body, as in basal ichthyosaurs such as Mixosaurus and Cymbospondylus . The tail is sharply turned downwards, in common with more advanced ichthyosaurs, with a small vertical fluke. It may have had a small dorsal fin. There is a small number of pre sacral vertebrae 45 or 50 . The phalanges digit bones are circular and widely spaced, giving the flipper a round appearance. It was three metres long. It fed on fish and other small marine creatures. Like other ichthyosaurs it probably never ventured onto dry land, and gave birth in the water. Websites Palaeos Vertebrates http www.palaeos.com Vertebrates Units 210Eureptilia 400.html Ichthyosaurus http home.scarlet.be ichthyosaurus californopas.html Category Triassic ichthyosaurs Category Prehistoric reptiles of North America ichthyosaur stub triassic reptile stub portal Paleontology es Californosaurus fa fr Californosaurus it Californosaurus perrini pl Kalifornozaur simple Californosaurus vo Californosaurus zh ... more details
C. grandis may refer to Calomyscus grandis , the noble calomyscus, a mouse like hamster species from Iran Calyptranthes grandis , a flowering plant species in the genus Calyptranthes Camarasaurus grandis , a dinosaur species Cantuaria grandis , a spider species in the genus Cantuaria found in New Zealand Capparis grandis , a flowering plant species in the genus Capparis Cassia grandis , the pink shower cassia, a plant species in the genus Cassia legume Cassia Cattleya grandis , the large laelia, an orchid species in the genus Cattleya found in Brazil Cephenemyia grandis , a botfly species in the genus Cephenemyia Chionodes grandis , a moth species in the genus Chionodes Chrysichthys grandis , the kukumai, a fish species found in Africa Chrysopilus grandis , a snipe fly species in the genus Chrysopilus Citrus grandis , the pomelo, a fruit plant native to Southeast Asia Clidicus grandis , a rove beetle species in the genus Clidicus genus Clidicus Coccinia grandis , the ivy gourd, a tropical vine species Copablepharon grandis , the pale yellow dune moth, a moth species found in North America Coryphagrion grandis , a damselfly species found in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique Cricosaurus grandis , an extinct marine crocodyliform species from the Late Jurassic of England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Argentina, Cuba and Mexico Criorhina grandis , a hoverfly species in the genus Criorhina Crocidura grandis , the greater Mindanao shrew, a mammal species endemic to the Philippines Crossodactylus grandis , a frog species endemic to Brazil Cryptocarya grandis , the cinnamon laurel, a plant species in the genus Cryptocarya found in Australia Cymbospondylus grandis , a basal early ichthyosaur species from the middle and later years of the Triassic period found in Germany and Nevada See also Grandis disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
Time Name The Triassic Time 230 Million Years Ago Hazards Nothosaurs, Cymbospondylus Peteinosaurus ... Identified as a Nothosaur Tanystropheus Cymbospondylus Unidentified placodont s in book Neuticosaurus ... the tail is snatched up and then eaten by a Cymbospondylus . The Cymbospondylus begins to circle ... very quickly when it is needed to. After he pokes it with the prod several times, the Cymbospondylus ... Woolly Mammoth Sea Cameroceras Megalograptus Dunkleosteus Cymbospondylus Ophthalmosaurus Liopleurodon ... more details
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Unreferenced date December 2009 The term Prehistory prehistoric reptile covers a broad category that is intended to help distinguish the dinosaur s from other prehistoric reptiles. As the dinosaurs, because of their long and successful reign for many millions of years, are almost exclusively dealt with in their own category of prehistoric life . The category covers all the non dinosaurian reptiles which are often erroneously considered to be dinosaur s, such as the sea faring varieties of plesiosaur s and the flying pterosaur s. Also included are ancient crocodile s such as Deinosuchus . For information on the mammal like reptiles mammal like reptiles therapsid s and other amniote s often considered reptiles including the well known Dimetrodon , which are not part of the clade Sauropsid a with which Reptilia is generally synonymized , see Synapsid amniotes related to mammals . For information on the ancestors of reptiles, traditionally classified as labyrinthodont amphibian s, see Reptiliomorpha reptile like tetrapod s . List of prehistoric reptiles by group Early reptile s Silvanerpeton Captorhinidae Captorhinids Protorothyrididae Protorothyridids Hylonomus Early anapsid s Brazilosaurus Elginia Hylonomus Hypsognathus Labidosaurus Mesosaurus Millerettid s Milleretta Pareiasaurus Scutosaurus Bolosaurid s Pareiasaur s Bradysaurus Scutosaurus Anthodon reptile Anthodon Turtle s, tortoise s and terrapin s Archelon Meiolania Palaeotrionyx Proganochelys Pleurosternon Stupendemys Testudo atlas Early diapsid s Araeoscelida ns Petrolacosaurus Spinoaequalis Araeoscelis Avicephala ns Protoavis Longisquama Coelurosauravus Champsosaurus Youngina Thalattosauria ns Askeptosaurus Eosuchia ns Lepidosauria ns Ichthyosaur s Californosaurus Cymbospondylus Shonisaurus Ichthyosaurus Mixosaurus Ophthalmosaurus Temnodontosaurus Eurhinosaurus Plesiosaur s, placodont s, and nothosaur s Ceresiosaurus Claudiosaurus Cryptocleidus Elasmosaurus Henodus Nothosaurus Placodus Placochelys Kronosaurus ... more details
Taxobox name Mixosaurus fossil range Mid Triassic image Mixosaurus cornalianus 1.JPG image width 250px image caption Mixosaurus cornalianus regnum Animal ia phylum Chordata classis Reptile Sauropsida ordo Ichthyosauria familia Mixosauridae genus Mixosaurus genus authority Baur, 1887 subdivision ranks Species subdivision M. atavus small Quenstedt, 1852 small M. callawayi small Schmitz et al., 2004 small M. cornalianus small Bassani, 1886 small M. kuhnschnyderi small Brinkmann, 1998 small M. panxianensis small Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006 small M. xindianensis small Chen & Cheng, 2010 small M. yangjuanensis small Liu & Yin, 2008 small Image Mixosaurus BW.jpg thumb left Mixosaurus sp. Image Mixosaurus cornalianus.JPG thumb left Mixosaurus cornalianus Image Mixosaurus.JPG thumb left Mixosaurus fossil Dorsal View showing top of skull Image Mixoscale.png thumb Mixosaurus with a human to scale. Mixosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur . Fossils of Mixosaurus have been found all over the world China , Timor , Indonesia , Italy , Spitsbergen , Svalbard , Canada , Alaska , and Nevada . It was named in 1887 by George H. Baur . The name means Mixed Lizard , and was chosen because it appears to have been a transitional form between the eel shaped ichthyosaurs such as Cymbospondylus and the later dolphin shaped ichthyosaurs, such as Ichthyosaurus . Mixosaurus was a relatively small ichthyosaur, at just convert 1 m ft in length. It possessed a long tail with a low fin, suggesting it could have been a slow swimmer, but also possessed a dorsal fin for stability in the water. The paddle like limbs were made up of five toes each, unlike the three toes found in later ichthyosaurs. Noteworthy, however, is that each toe had more individual bones than is usual in reptiles, and the front limbs were longer than the back limbs, both adaptations typical of later ichthyosaurs. The jaws were narrow, with several sharp teeth, that would have been ideal for catching fish. ref name EoDP ci ... more details
experts have felt that the splitting was unjustified. Cymbospondylus ref name sepkoskidatabase ref ... fish like of the ichthyosaurs, lacking a dorsal fin and fluked tail. Consequently, Cymbospondylus probably ... BW.jpg thumb center 125px Chaohusaurus . style height 40px style height 1px File Cymbospondylus BW.jpg thumb center 125px Cymbospondylus . style height 40px style height 1px File Eurhinosaurus ... more details
1 The Sixth Most Deadly Sea of All Time 230 million years ago br Triassic Nothosaurs, Cymbospondylus Peteinosaurus br Nothosaurus br Tanystropheus br Cymbospondylus br Liliensternus rowspan ... more details
of forms, including the sea serpent like Cymbospondylus , which reached 10 metres, and smaller ... 2 Clade 1 Cymbospondylus 2 Clade 1 Mixosauria label2 Merriamosauria 2 Clade 1 Shastasauria label2 ... more details
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