Malawania
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Malawania Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 132–125 Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ichthyosauridae |
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†Malawania Fischer et al., 2013 |
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†Malawania anachronus Fischer et al., 2013 |
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Malawania is an extinct genus of basal thunnosaur ichthyosaur known from the middle Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian or Barremian stage) of Iraq. Malawania was first named by Valentin Fischer, Robert M. Appleby, Darren Naish, Jeff Liston, Riding, J. B., Brindley, S. and Pascal Godefroit in 2013 and the type species is Malawania anachronus.
Below is a cladogram modified from Fischer et. al., 2013.
Malawania anachronus
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