Yasykovia
| Yasikovia Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Ichthyosauria |
| Genus: | Yasikovia |
Yasikovia is a genus of ichthyosaur, an extinct group of reptiles that resembled dolphins. Its fossils are known from the Volga region of Russia, being Tithonian (Late Jurassic) in age. It was formerly synonymised with Ophthalmosaurus.[1]
References
- ↑ N. G. Zverkov, M. S. Arkhangelsky and I. M. Stenshin (2015) A review of Russian Upper Jurassic ichthyosaurs with an intermedium/humeral contact. Reassessing Grendelius McGowan, 1976. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute 318(4): 558-588
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