Thalattosaurus

Thalattosaurus

Taxobox
name = "Thalattosaurus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic



image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Thalattosaurus" with its relative "Nectosaurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
subclassis = ?Diapsida
ordo = Thalattosauria
familia = Thalattosauridae
genus = "Thalattosaurus"
genus_authority = Merriam, 1904
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"T. alexandrae"
*"T. borealis"

"Thalattosaurus" is an extinct genus of marine reptile in the family Thalattosauridae that lived during the Triassic period. It includes two known species.

"Thalattosaurus" was a shellfish-eating reptile around 2 meters (7 [foot (unit of length)|ft) in length.

Taxonomy

"Thalattosaurus" was originally described with the type species "T. alexandrae." In 1993, Nicholls and Brinkman described "T. borealis" from fossils found at Wapiti Lake, British Columbia.

References

[http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360(199303)67%3A2%3C263%3ANT(DFT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6. Abstract of the paper describing "T. borealis"]

[http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id428515/ BioLib entry for "Thalattosaurus"]


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