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† Hueneosauria

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Wirbel Ichthyosaurus + Belemniten-Rostren

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Wirbel Ichthyosaurus + Belemniten-Rostren
Bad Staffelstein, Kloster Banz, Banzberg; Bildbreite: 26 cm; Durchmesser Wirbel: 6,5 cm
Copyright: chloderic; Contribution: chloderic
Collection: chloderic
Location: Deutschland/Bayern/Oberfranken, Bezirk/Lichtenfels, Landkreis/Bad Staffelstein/Kloster Banz/Banzberg
Fossil: Ichthyosaurus
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Wirbel Ichthyosaurus + Belemniten-Rostren

Bad Staffelstein, Kloster Banz, Banzberg; Bildbreite: 26 cm; Durchmesser Wirbel: 6,5 cm

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chloderic

Contribution: chloderic 2016-11-26

Locality: Banzberg / Kloster Banz / Bad Staffelstein / Lichtenfels, Landkreis / Oberfranken, Bezirk / Bayern / Deutschland

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Stenoperygis quadriscissus
Hauterhaltung. Lias epsilon. Holzmaden, Schwäbische Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B:1,6m.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Paläontologisches Museum Universität Tübingen
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Stuttgart, Bezirk/Esslingen, Landkreis/Holzmaden
Fossil: Stenopterygius quadriscissus
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Stenoperygis quadriscissus

Hauterhaltung. Lias epsilon. Holzmaden, Schwäbische Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B:1,6m.

Collection:

Paläontologisches Museum Universität Tübingen

Doc Diether

Contribution: Doc Diether 2010-04-23

Locality: Holzmaden / Esslingen, Landkreis / Stuttgart, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Ichthyosaurier-Wirbelknochen
Temnodontosaurus trigonodon. Mittlerer Schiefer. Schieferbrüche, Holcim Zementfabrik, Dotternhausen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemb. D:10cm.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Werksmuseum Holcim Dotternhausen
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Tübingen, Bezirk/Zollernalbkreis/Dotternhausen/Holcim Zementwerk/Schieferbrüche
Fossil: Ichthyosauria, Temnodontosaurus trigonodon
Image: 1507317012
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Ichthyosaurier-Wirbelknochen

Temnodontosaurus trigonodon. Mittlerer Schiefer. Schieferbrüche, Holcim Zementfabrik, Dotternhausen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemb. D:10cm.

Collection:

Werksmuseum Holcim Dotternhausen

Doc Diether

Contribution: Doc Diether 2017-10-06

Locality: Schieferbrüche / Holcim Zementwerk / Dotternhausen / Zollernalbkreis / Tübingen, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Stenopterygius quadriscissus
Lias epsilon. Holzmaden, Schwäb.Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B:1,8 m.
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Naturkundemuseum Göppingen
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Stuttgart, Bezirk/Esslingen, Landkreis/Holzmaden
Fossil: Stenopterygius quadriscissus
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Stenopterygius quadriscissus

Lias epsilon. Holzmaden, Schwäb.Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B:1,8 m.

Collection:

Naturkundemuseum Göppingen

Doc Diether

Contribution: Doc Diether 2010-04-22

Locality: Holzmaden / Esslingen, Landkreis / Stuttgart, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Temnodontosaurus trigonodon Theodori
Schlierbach, Göppingen, Schwäb.Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B: 2,3m
Copyright: Doc Diether; Contribution: Doc Diether
Collection: Paläontologisches Museum Universität Tübingen
Location: Deutschland/Baden-Württemberg/Stuttgart, Bezirk/Göppingen, Landkreis/Göppingen
Fossil: Temnodontosaurus trigonodon
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Temnodontosaurus trigonodon Theodori

Schlierbach, Göppingen, Schwäb.Alb, Baden-Württemberg. B: 2,3m

Collection:

Paläontologisches Museum Universität Tübingen

Doc Diether

Contribution: Doc Diether 2010-04-23

Locality: Göppingen / Göppingen, Landkreis / Stuttgart, Bezirk / Baden-Württemberg / Deutschland

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Grouping

Belonging to	Gaeabionta ⇒ Domäne: Eukaryota ⇒ Reich: Animalia ⇒ Mittelreich: Eumetazoa ⇒ Klade: Triploblastica ⇒ Klade: Nephrozoa ⇒ Abzweig: Deuterostomia ⇒ Stamm: Chordata ⇒ Unterstamm: Vertebrata ⇒ Infrastamm: Gnathostomata ⇒ Superklasse: Tetrapoda ⇒ Serie: Amniota ⇒ Klade: Sauropsida ⇒ Unterklasse: Eureptilia ⇒ ohne Rang: Romeriida ⇒ Klade: Diapsida ⇒ Klade: Ichthyosauromorpha ⇒ Klade: Ichthyosauriformes ⇒ Unterklasse: Ichthyopterygia ⇒ Klade: Eoichthyosauria ⇒ Ordnung: Ichthyosauria
Taxonomic segment	Klade
This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.

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Maisch & Matzke, 2000

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Hueneosauria

Lebenszeitraum in Million Jahren (Ma)

Start age: 247.2 Ma - End age: 89.8 Ma

89.8

113

132.6

149.2

165.3

174.7

196.5

227

247.2

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Motility:	actively mobile
Environment:	marine
Compositon of the remains:	Hydroxyapatite

Reference- and Source indication, Literature

Literatur

M. W. Maisch & A. T. Matzke (2000): The Ichthyosauria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 298:1-159.

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Unterordnung: Longipinnatoidea Huene, 1948 Unterordnung: Merriamosauriformes McGowan & Motani, 2003
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N. Klein, 2020 - A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)

B. C. Moon, 2017 - A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)

V. Fischer, 2014 - Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary - Naturwissenschaften (101), 1027-1040 (journal article, English)

P. S. Druckenmiller, 2014 - An Upper Triassic (Norian) ichthyosaur (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from northern Alaska and dietary insight based on gut contents - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (34), 1460-1465 (journal article, English)

P. Yang, 2013 - A new species of Qianichthyosaurus (reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xingyi Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou - Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis (49), 1002-1008 (journal article, English)

V. Fischer, 2013 - A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs - Biology Letters (98), 20130- (journal article, English)

J. Liu, 2013 - The first specimen of the Middle Triassic Pharalodon atavus (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from South China, showing postcranial anatomy and peri-Tethyan distribution - Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)

C. Ji, 2013 - A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingasaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (33), 340-348 (journal article, English)

E. E. Maxwell, 2013 - Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblages of the Svalbard archipelago: a reassessment of taxonomy and distribution - GFF [Journal of the Geological Society of Sweden] (135), 85-94 (journal article, English)

N. B. Fröbisch, 2013 - Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (110), 1393-1397 (journal article, English)

X.-H. Chen, 2010 - A new species of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Pu'an, Guizhou, China - Acta Palaeontologica Sinica (), 251-260 (journal article, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2010 - Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art - Palaeodiversity (3), 151-214 (journal article, English)

Q.-H. Shang, 2009 - On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China - Vertebrata PalAsiatica (47), 178-193 (journal article, English)

X.-H. Chen, 2007 - A new species of Callawayia (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Late Triassic in Guanling, Guizhou - Geology in China (34), 974-982 (journal article, Chinese)

N. B. Fröbisch, 2006 - A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (147), 515-538 (journal article, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2006 - Cranial osteology of Guizhouicthyosaurus tangae (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 588-597 (journal article, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2006 - The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 598-607 (journal article, English)

D.-Y. Jiang, 2006 - A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 60-69 (journal article, English)

D.-Y. Jiang, 2005 - A basal mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China - Palaeontology (48), 869-882 (journal article, English)

E. L. Nicholls, 2004 - Giant ichthyosaurs of the Triassic - a new species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (24), 838-849 (journal article, English)

L. Schmitz, 2004 - New Mixosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of the Augusta Moutnains (Nevada, USA) and their implications for mixosaur taxonomy - Palaeontographica Abteilung A (270), 133-162 (journal article, English)

C. McGowan, 2003 - Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 8 / Part 8 Ichthyopterygia - (), 1-175 (book, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2003 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part X: The Lower Triassic Merriamosaurus from Spitzbergen - additional data on its anatomy and phylogenetic position - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (227), 93-137 (journal article, English)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2002 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (226), 59-94 (journal article, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2001 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VIII. A redescription of Phalarodon major (von Huene, 1916) and the composition and phylogeny of the Mixosauridae - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (220), 431-447 (journal article, English)

E. L. Nicholls, 2001 - A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia: bridging the Triassic-Jurassic gap - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (38), 983-1002 (journal article, English)

M. W. Maisch, 2000 - The Ichthyosauria - Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (298), 1-159- (journal article, English)

C. Li, 1999 - Ichthyosaur from Guizhou, China - Chinese Science Bulletin (44), 1329-1333 (journal article, English)

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C. Mcgowan, 1994 - A new species of Shastasaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Triassic of British Columbia: the most complete exemplar of the genus - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (14), 168-179 (journal article, English)

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