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A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Marta S. Fernández
Marta S. Fernández*
Affiliation:
Departamento Paleontología Vertebrados, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina
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Abstract

A large ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian) of the Neuquén Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina, represents a new genus and species, Mollesaurus periallus. The holotype of M. periallus new species represents, along with the type of Chacaicosaurus cayi that was found at the same locality, the only diagnostic ichthyosaur specimens from the Aalenian-Bathonian interval.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 73 , Issue 4 , July 1999 , pp. 677 - 681
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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