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Phalarodon

Phalarodon
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: ?Diapsida
Superorder: Ichthyopterygia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Mixosauridae
Genus: Phalarodon
Merriam, 1910

Phalarodon is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in China, North America, and Spitsbergen. The type species is Phalarodon fraasi Merriam 1910. Other species are: Phalarodon atavus (Quenstedt 1852), originally Ichthyosaurus atavus; Phalarodon nordenskioeldii (Hulke 1873) Maisch & Matzke 2000, originally Ichthyosaurus nordenskioeldii; Phalarodon major Maisch & Matzke 2000; and Phalarodon callawayi Schmitz 2004.


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