Hosselkus Limestone
Encyclopedia
Paleofauna
| Vertebrates of the Hosselkus Limestone | ||||||
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| Genus | Species | Location | Member | Abundance | Notes | Images |
Merriamia |
M. zitteli |
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Nectosaurus Nectosaurus Nectosaurus is a genus of marine diapsid reptile which lived during the Late Triassic of what is now California. The type species is N. halinus, described by John C. Merriam in 1905. A 2002 analysis of Nectosaurus classifies it as a thalattosaurian, one of a group of marine reptiles which lived... |
N. halius |
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Shastasaurus Shastasaurus Shastasaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the middle and late Triassic, and is the largest marine reptile that has yet been found. Specimens have been reported from the United States, Canada, and China... |
S. alexandrae |
Now referred to S. pacificus. |
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S. altispinus |
Now referred to S. pacificus. |
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S. careyi |
Remains formerly attributed to S. careyi are now thought to be from an indeterminate species of Shonisaurus. |
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S. osmonti |
Now referred to S. pacificus. |
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S. pacificus |
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Shonisaurus |
Indeterminate. |
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Thalattosaurus Thalattosaurus Thalattosaurus is an extinct genus of marine reptile in the family Thalattosauridae that lived during the Triassic period. It includes two known species.Thalattosaurus was a shellfish-eating reptile around 2 meters in length.... |
T. alexandrae |
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T. perrini |
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T. shastensis |
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Toretocnemus Toretocnemus Toretocnemus is an extinct genus of Ichthyosaur. Its remains have been found in California, U.S.A.... |
T. californicus |
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T. perrini |
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