Parrassaurus

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]

Parrassaurus Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil in Museo de la Evolución, Puebla.
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