Barracudasauroides panxianensis (Jiang Schmitz Hao & Sun, 2006)

Taxonomy

Ichthyosaur

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Haeckel, 1874
Class: Reptilia LAURENTI, 1768
Order: Ichthyosauria DE BLAINVILLE, 1835
Family: Mixosauridae BAUR, 1887
Genus: Barracudasauroides
Species: Barracudasauroides panxianensis
Author Citation (Jiang Schmitz Hao & Sun, 2006)

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Anisian (Pelsonian)

Stratigraphy

Guanling Formation

Biostratigraphy

Nicoraella kockeli Zone

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 90 cm

Location

Luoping County
Yunnan Province
China

• barracudasauroides
• guanling formation
• pelsonian
• tff-oilshale-ch2885
• triassic
• yunnan

Comments

Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org

Originally described as Mixosaurus panxianensis, Maisch 2010, p. 162 "proposed the name Barracudasauroides n. gen., with the type species Barracudasauroides panxianensis (JIANG et al. 2006) n. comb.”

Diagnosis from Maisch 2010, p. 161: "Small mixosaurids, skull length below 250 mm, crista sagittalis low, 15 or less premaxillary teeth with elongate, conical and pointed crowns, maxillary teeth stronger than premaxillary teeth, anterior maxillary teeth robust, conical and blunt, posterior maxillary teeth slightly elongated mesiodistally, jugal with short processus posteroventralis, no external contact between jugal and quadratojugal, postorbital and possibly squamosal reach incisura postjugalis, postorbital seperates postfrontal and supratemporal, radius with two anterior notches (modified from JIANG et al. 2005, 2006).”

References:
D.-Y. Jiang, L. Schmitz, and W.-C. Hao, Y.-L. sun. 2006. A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(1):60-69.
M. W. Maisch. 2010. Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art. Palaeodiversity 3:151-214.