| Shastasaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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| Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Suborder: | †Longipinnati |
| Node: | †Merriamosauria |
| Family: | †Shastasauridae Merriam, 1895 |
| Genus: | †Shastasaurus Merriam, 1895 |
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| †Shastasaurus pacificus Merriam, 1895
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†S. pacificus | |
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Shastasaurus ("Mount Shasta lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic.[2] Specimens have been found in the United States, Canada, and China.[3]
- ^ "†Shastasaurus Merriam 1895 (ichthyosaur)". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Hilton, Richard P., Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Animals of California, University of California Press, Berkeley 2003 ISBN 0-520-23315-8, at pages 90-91.
- ^ Shang Qing-Hua, Li Chun (2009). "On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling Biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 47 (3): 178–193.