Biology:Barracudasauroides

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles

Barracudasauroides
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Anisian
Barracudasauroides panxianensis MHNT Chine.jpg
B. panxianensis (MHNT)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Mixosauridae
Genus: Barracudasauroides
Maisch, 2010
Species:
B. panxianensis
Binomial name
Barracudasauroides panxianensis
Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006
Synonyms
  • Mixosaurus panxianensis Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun, 2006

Barracudasauroides is a genus of mixosaurid ichthyosaur which lived during the Middle Triassic. Fossils of this genus have been found in Guizhou Province, China . It is known from GMPKU-P-1033, a partial skeleton recovered from the Upper Member of the Guanling Formation of Yangjuan village, Xinmin area; this rock unit dates to the Pelsonian substage of the Anisian stage.[1] It was named by Michael W. Maisch in 2010, and the type species is Barracudasauroides panxianensis.[2]

Life restoration

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4863196 entry