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Wimanius

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Kingdom
  
Infraorder
  
Mixosauria

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Ichthyosaur

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Wimaniidae

Rank
  
Genus

Wimanius

Similar
  
Barracudasauroides, Contectopalatus, Chacaicosaurus, Nannopterygius, Phalarodon

Wimanius is a mixosaurid ichthyosaur, and the only genus in the family Wimaniidae. It existed during the Triassic Period in what is now Switzerland. It was described by Maisch and Matzke in 1998, and the type species is Wimanius odontopalatus.

References

Wimanius Wikipedia