Thalassodraco
Extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thalassodraco (meaning "sea dragon") is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England. The type species, T. etchesi, was named in 2020, with the epithet in honour of the discoverer of the holotype, Steve Etches.[1]
Not to be confused with Thalassiodracon.
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Thalassodraco | |
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Anterior portion of the holotype block MJML K1885 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Genus: | †Thalassodraco Jacobs & Martill, 2020 |
Species: | †T. etchesi |
Binomial name | |
†Thalassodraco etchesi Jacobs & Martill, 2020 | |
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