Kingdom Animalia Subclass ?Diapsida Phylum Chordata Order Ichthyosaur | Class Sauropsida Superorder Ichthyopterygia Rank Infraorder | |
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Similar Shastasauridae, Ichthyosaur, Phalarodon, Leptonectidae, Contectopalatus | ||
The Mixosauria were an early group of ichthyosaurs, living between 250 and 230 million years ago, during the Triassic period. Fossils of mixosaurs have been found all over the world: China, Timor, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, Spitsbergen, Switzerland, Svalbard, Canada, Alaska, and Nevada.
Cladogram based on Motani (1999), Maisch and Matzke (2000), and Jiang, Schmitz, Hao & Sun (2006), with clade and generic names following Maisch (2010):
References
Mixosauria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA