Janusaurus
| Janusaurus Temporal range: Upper Jurassic | |
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| Holotype skull. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | Ophthalmosauridae |
| Genus: | Janusaurus Roberts et al., 2014 |
| Binomial name | |
| Janusaurus lundi Roberts et al., 2014 | |
Janusaurus is an extinct genus of Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen and northern Russia.[1]
Restored skull
See also
References
- ↑ Roberts, A. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S.; Sætre, G. P.; Hurum, J. H. (2014). "A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen". PLoS ONE 9 (8). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103152.
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