| Parrassaurus Temporal range:  | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| 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 | |
Parrassaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico found in 2021. Parrassaurus includes one species, Parrassaurus yacahuitztli.[1] The type specimen (CPC 307) was around 5 metres (16 ft) long.[2]
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.
- ↑ Marie–Céline Buchy; José Guadalupe López Oliva (2009). "Occurrence of a second ichthyosaur genus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) in the Late Jurassic Gulf of Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 62 (2). doi:10.18268/BSGM2009V61N2A11. ISSN 1405-3322. S2CID 54774650.
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