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

References

  1. 1 2 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.
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