Callawayia
Sign in to saveCallawayia is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. It contains the species Callawayia neoscapularis.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Callawayia is referenced by 127 other articles, and connects out to Ichthyopterygia, Hupehsuchia and Diapsid.
Vinony files it under Fossils of British Columbia, Fossils of Canada and Ichthyosauromorph genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Shastasauridae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Callawayia
- start time
- 221500000-
- end time
- 212000000-
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History of research
- ''Callawayia wolonggangense''
- Description
- See also
- References
Callawayia is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur. It contains the species Callawayia neoscapularis.
==History of research== In 1994, Christopher McGowan reviewed the taxonomy of Shastasaurus. In this publication, he named a new species of Shastasaurus, S. neoscapularis, based on ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) 41993, a partial skeleton discovered on the shore of Williston Lake in Pink Mountain, British Columbia, Canada in 1987. The specimen was excavated from "Flipper Quarry" in 1988. The name of this species refers to the closer resemblance of its scapulae (shoulder blades) to Jurassic ichthyosaurs than those of other Triassic ichthyosaurs.
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