Omphalosauridae
Appearance
Omphalosauridae Temporal range: Late Permian to Middle Triassic,
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Life restoration of Omphalosaurus | |
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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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Omphalosauridae is an extinct family of Ichthyosauriformes known from the Early to Late Triassic of Europe, North America, and Asia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Qiao, 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. PMC 9663502. PMID 36376479.