Mollesaurus

Mollesaurus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 171.6–170 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily: Ophthalmosaurinae
Genus: Mollesaurus
Fernández, 1999
Species:
M. periallus
Binomial name
Mollesaurus periallus
Fernández, 1999
Synonyms

Mollesaurus is an extinct genus of large ophthalmosaurine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from northwestern Patagonia of Argentina.[1]

  1. ^ Fernández, Marta S. (1999). "A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (4): 677–681. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..677F. doi:10.1017/S0022336000032492. JSTOR 1306766. S2CID 130751356.