Gulosaurus

Gulosaurus Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Grippidia
Genus:	†Gulosaurus Cuthbertson, Russell & Anderson, 2013
Type species
†Gulosaurus helmi Cuthbertson et al., 2013

Gulosaurus is an extinct genus of basal grippidian ichthyopterygian known from the Early Triassic Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member of the Sulphur Mountain Formation of east-central British Columbia, Canada. Gulosaurus was first named by Robin S. Cuthbertson, Anthony P. Russell and Jason S. Anderson in 2013 and the type species is Gulosaurus helmi.^[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Cuthbertson et al., 2013.^[1]

Ichthyopterygia

Parvinatator wapitiensis Utatsusaurus hataii Xinminosaurus catactes Eoichthyosauria Grippidia Grippia longirostris Gulosaurus helmi Ichthyosauria sensu Motani (1999) Chaohusaurus geishanensis Cymbospondylus Mixosauria Mixosaurus cornalianus Phalarodon atavus Toretocnemidae Qianichthyosaurus zhoui Toretocnemus californicus Shastasauria Shonisaurus popularis Shastasaurus pacificus Callawayia neoscapularis Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae Besanosaurus leptorhynchus Californosaurus perrini Parvipelvia

See also

• List of ichthyosaurs
• Timeline of ichthyosaur research

References

1. Cuthbertson, R. S.; Russell, A. P.; Anderson, J. S. (2013). "Cranial morphology and relationships of a new grippidian (Ichthyopterygia) from the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Lower Triassic) of British Columbia, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (4): 831. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.755989.