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]
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| 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
- 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.
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