Parrassaurus
Extinct genus of marine reptile / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Parasaurus or Parasaurolophus.
Parrassaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico named in 2021. Parrassaurus includes one species, Parrassaurus yacahuitztli.[1] The type specimen (CPC 307) was around 5 metres (16 ft) long.[2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
Genus: | †Parrassaurus Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 |
Type species | |
†Parrassaurus yacahuitztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 |
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