Californosaurus

Californosaurus Temporal range: 237–210 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Middle-Late Triassic
Holotype skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Superorder:	†Ichthyopterygia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Suborder:	†Merriamosauria
Family:	†Californosauridae
Genus:	†Californosaurus Kuhn, 1934
Binomial name
†Californosaurus perrini Kuhn, 1934
Synonyms
Shastasaurus perrini Merriam, 1902

Californosaurus ('California lizard') is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, from the Lower Hosselkus Limestone (Carnian, Late Triassic) of California, and also the Muschelkalk (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Germany.^[1]