Omphalosauridae
Appearance
Omphalosauridae Temporal range:Late PermiantoMiddle Triassic,
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Life restoration ofOmphalosaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Neodiapsida |
Clade: | †Ichthyosauromorpha |
Clade: | †Ichthyosauriformes |
Family: | †Omphalosauridae Merriam, 1906 |
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Omphalosauridaeis an extinctfamilyofIchthyosauriformesknown from theEarlytoLate TriassicofEurope,North America,andAsia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^abcQiao, Y.; Liu, J.; Wolniewicz, A. S.; Iijima, M.; Shen, Y.; Wintrich, T.; Li, Q.; Sander, P. M. (2022)."A globally distributed durophagous marine reptile clade supports the rapid recovery of pelagic ecosystems after the Permo-Triassic mass extinction".Communications Biology.5(1). 1242.doi:10.1038/s42003-022-04162-6.PMC9663502.PMID36376479.