Cetarthrosaurus
| Cetarthrosaurus Temporal range: Cretaceous, 99.6 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Node: | †Thunnosauria |
| Genus: | †Cetarthrosaurus Seeley, 1873 |
| Species: | †C. walkeri |
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| Cetarthrosaurus walkeri Seeley, 1873 | |
Cetarthrosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur known from the eastern United Kingdom. It was collected from the Cambridge Greensand Formation, dating to late Albian or early Cenomanian stage, of the Early Cretaceous-Late Cretaceous boundary.[1] Cetarthrosaurus was first named by Harry G. Seeley in 1873 and the type species is Cetarthrosaurus walkeri.[2]
References
- ↑ Fischer, V.; Bardet, N.; Guiomar, M.; Godefroit, P. (2014). Farke, Andrew A, ed. "High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction". PLoS ONE. 9: e84709. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0084709.
- ↑ Harry G. Seeley (1873). "On Cetarthrosaurus walkeri (Seeley), an Ichthyosaurian from the Cambridge Upper Greensand". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 29: 505–507. doi:10.1144/gsl.jgs.1873.029.01-02.43.
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