Delphinosaurus
Dubious extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Delphinosaurus is a dubious genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from Albian-Cenomanian deposits in the Kursk region of European Russia.
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Genus: | †Delphinosaurus Eichwald, 1853 |
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†Delphinosaurus kiprijanoffi Eichwald, 1853 | |
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Merriam (1905) erected Delphinosaurus for the Late Triassic ichthyosaur Shastasaurus perrini from California, but because Delphinosaurus was already in use, the replacement name Californosaurus was erected.[1]