Sumpalla
Extinct genus of ichthyosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sumpalla was an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Sumpalla argentina.[1] The holotype was initially believed to have belonged to Aegirosaurus before being placed in a new genus in 2021.
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Sumpalla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
Genus: | †Sumpalla Campos et al., 2021 |
Species: | †S. argentina |
Binomial name | |
†Sumpalla argentina Campos et al., 2021 | |
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