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Parvipelvia
Selasa, 2025-07-01 16:13:48

ichthyosaurs (all parvipelvians excluding Macgowania and Hudsonelpidia), for which the name Neoichthyosauria was found to be available. Parvipelvians were the...

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Temnodontosaurus
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:05:29

presacral vertebrae. Temnodontosaurus is a basal representative of the parvipelvian subgroup of ichthyosaurs, in addition to being its largest representative...

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Thunnosauria
Selasa, 2025-07-01 16:12:09

thunnos meaning "tuna" and sauros meaning "lizard") is an extinct clade of parvipelvian ichthyosaurs from the Early Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous...

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Ichthyosauridae
Kamis, 2026-05-21 08:01:49

analysis that was based on the largest currently available data matrix of parvipelvian species. Most other phylogenetic analyses, that were based on smaller...

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Fernatator
Jumat, 2026-03-06 14:43:13

Fernatator (meaning "Fernie swimmer") is an extinct genus of parvipelvian ichthyosaur which lived in what is now British Columbia, Canada during the Pliensbachian...

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Macgowania
Rabu, 2026-03-25 03:05:09

Macgowania is an extinct genus of parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada. It was a small ichthyosaur around 3 metres (9.8 ft) in...

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Hudsonelpidia
Rabu, 2026-03-25 03:20:08

Hudsonelpidia is an extinct genus of small parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada. Hudsonelpidia was named by Chris McGowan in...

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Gadusaurus
Minggu, 2026-05-10 00:23:37

recovered Gadusaurus as the sister taxon to Chacaicosaurus within the parvipelvian ichthyosaur clade Baracromia. In turn this clade was found to be the...

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2025 in reptile paleontology
Minggu, 2026-06-07 00:41:02

et al. Early Jurassic (Toarcian) Jurensismergel Formation Germany A parvipelvian ichthyosaur; a species of Eurhinosaurus Fernatator Gen. et sp. nov Valid...

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Cymbospondylus
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 04:27:06

Cymbospondylus had flippers for limbs and a fin on the tail. Like other non-parvipelvian ichthyosaurs, Cymbospondylus has a very slender profile, unlike later...

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Ichthyosauria
Senin, 2026-05-11 04:43:02

Stenopterygius, and the large predator Temnodontosaurus. More basal parvipelvians like Suevoleviathan were also present. The general morphological variability...

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Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event
Rabu, 2026-02-18 22:40:09

plesiosaurids, microcleidids, leptonectids, temnodontosaurids, and basal parvipelvians vanished. Thalattosuchians appear to have rapidly radiated after the...

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Auroroborealia
Selasa, 2025-07-01 16:25:30

mandible suggesting it was potentially similar in size to the basal parvipelvian Hudsonelpidia. This would indicate a total body length between 1 and...

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Besanosaurus
Minggu, 2026-05-17 23:46:56

are smaller relative to the animal's overall length than typical for parvipelvian ichthyosaurs. Further back, the top of the skull is perforated by another...

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2021 in reptile paleontology
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 21:06:17

ichthyosaur of uncertain phylogenetic placement, possibly with toretocnemid or parvipelvian affinities. Genus includes new species A. incognita. Catutosaurus Gen...

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Thalattoarchon
Minggu, 2026-05-03 13:16:07

the more tail-driven locomotion presumed for the more spindle-shaped parvipelvians. Due to its bicarinate, cutting teeth and its large, robust head, Thalattoarchon...

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Keilhauia
Minggu, 2025-09-28 09:54:47

and femur, but it falls within the normal range of variation between parvipelvian ichthyosaurs. The Slottsmøya Member of the Agardhfjellet Formation, from...

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Toretocnemus
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 06:21:10

diverge within Longipinnati, a larger group including Cymbospondylus and parvipelvians, among other taxa. In 2003, Elizabeth Nicholls and colleagues described...

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Mixosauridae
Jumat, 2026-03-06 15:06:16

streamlined bodies. Mixosaurids were not as dolphin-shaped as the later parvipelvians, but they were also not eel-shaped like the earliest ichthyopterygians...

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