Biology:Sumpalla

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Short description: Extinct genus of ichthyosaur

Sumpalla
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Platypterygiinae
Genus: Sumpalla
Campos et al., 2021
Species:
S. argentina
Binomial name
Sumpalla argentina
Campos et al., 2021

Sumpalla was an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Sumpalla argentina.[1] The holotype was initially believed to have belonged to Aegirosaurus before being placed in a new genus in 2021.

References

  1. Campos, Lisandro; Fernández, Marta S.; Herrera, Yanina; Garrido, Alberto (2021). "Morphological disparity in the evolution of the ophthalmosaurid forefin: new clues from the Upper Jurassic of Argentina" (in en). Papers in Palaeontology 7 (4): 1995–2020. doi:10.1002/spp2.1374. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spp2.1374. 

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