Suevoleviathan
Sign in to saveSuevoleviathan is an extinct genus of primitive ichthyosaur found in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Holzmaden, Germany.
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- taxon name
- Suevoleviathan
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Suevoleviathan
- start time
- 183000000-
- end time
- 182000000-
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- See also
- References
Suevoleviathan is an extinct genus of primitive ichthyosaur found in the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) of Holzmaden, Germany.
==Taxonomy== thumb|upright|left|Fossil The genus was named in 1998 by Michael Maisch for Leptopterygius disinteger and Ichthyosaurus integer, both found in the Toarcian-age Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden. The generic name means "Swabian Leviathan". The type species is Leptopterygius disinteger Huene 1926. Ichthyosaurus integer Bronn 1844 was also reassigned to the genus by Maisch to create the new combination Suevoleviathan integer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Suevoleviathan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (2)
Available in 9 languages
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0