Ichthyosauriformes

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: †Ichthyosauromorpha
Cladus: †Ichthyosauriformes
Cladus: †Ichthyopterygia – †Nasorostra

Name

Ichthyosauriformes Motani, Jiang, Chen, Tintoti, Rieppel, Ji & Huang, 2015

References

Primary references

• Motani, R., Jiang, D.-Y., Chen, G.-B., Tintoti, A., Rieppel, O., Ji, C. & Huang, J.-D. 2015. A basal ichthyosauriform with a short snout from the Lower Triassic of China. Nature 517(7535): 485–488. DOI: 10.1038/nature13866