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.