Undorosaurus
Sign in to saveUndorosaurus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from western Russia, Svalbard, and Poland. It was a large ichthyosaur, with the type species measuring long.
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- Parent taxon
- Ophthalmosaurinae
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- Ундорозавр (Ихтиозавр (Ichthyopterygia)) Музей палеонтологии. Ундоры. Ульяновская обл. Ноябрь 2013 - panoramio.jpg
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- Discovery and naming
- Classification
- Phylogeny
- Cryopterygius
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Undorosaurus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from western Russia, Svalbard, and Poland. It was a large ichthyosaur, with the type species measuring long.
==Discovery and naming== left|thumb|225x225px|Skull bones of U. kielanae Undorosaurus was named by Vladimir M. Efimov in 1999 and the type species is Undorosaurus gorodischensis. The specific name is named after , the type locality of this taxon. U. trautscholdi is named in honor of the geologist Hermann Trautschold who collected and made the first description of the fossils of the holotype of the species.
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