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Late Triassic ichthyosaurs of North America

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Shonisaurus
Shonisaurus is a genus of very large ichthyosaurs. At least 37 incomplete fossil specimens of the type species, Shonisaurus popularis, have been found in the Luning Formation of Nevada, USA. This formation dates to the late Carnian-early Norian age of the Late Triassic, around 227 million years ago. Other possible species of Shonisaurus have been discovered from the middle Norian deposits of Canada and Alaska.
Shastasaurus
Shastasaurus ("Mount Shasta lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic. Specimens have been found in the United States, Canada, and China.
Californosaurus
Californosaurus ('California lizard') is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, from the Lower Hosselkus Limestone (Carnian, Late Triassic) of California, and also the Muschelkalk (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Germany.
Toretocnemus
Toretocnemus (meaning 'perforated tibia') is an extinct genus of ichthyosaurs that lived during the Carnian stage of the Upper Triassic in what is now North America. Two species are known, T. californicus and T. zitelli, first described in 1903 by John Campbell Merriam from fossils discovered in the Hosselkus Limestone, Shasta County. The second species was first seen by Merriam as belonging to a distinct genus, but in 1999 it was reclassified into the original taxon. Toretocnemus fossils are primarily known from California, although some specimens are also reported from Alaska and Mexico. Wit
Hudsonelpidia
Hudsonelpidia is an extinct genus of small parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada.
Macgowania
Macgowania is an extinct genus of parvipelvian ichthyosaur known from British Columbia of Canada. It was a small ichthyosaur around in total body length.