A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina

1999/07/01 by Marta S. Fernández, Marta Fernández · 7 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

paper · doi:10.1017/s0022336000032492

Abstract

A large ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian) of the Neuquén Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, represents a new genus and species, Mollesaurus periallus. The holotype of M. periallus new species represents, along with the type of Chacaicosaurus cayi that was found at the same locality, the only diagnostic ichthyosaur specimens from the Aalenian-Bathonian interval.

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