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On the presence of Mixosaurus (Ichthyopterygia: Reptilia) in the Middle Triassic of Nevada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

P. Martin Sander  and
Hugo Bucher
P. Martin Sander
Affiliation:
Paläontologisches Institut und Museum, Universität Zürich, Künstlergasse 16, CH-8006 Zurich, Switzerland
Hugo Bucher
Affiliation:
Institut de Géologie et Paléontologie, Université de Lausanne BFSH-2, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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The small ichthyosaur Mixosaurus is the most widely distributed ichthyosaur. It is known from Lower Triassic rocks of British Columbia, Canada (Callaway and Brinkman, 1989), and Middle Triassic rocks of northwestern North America (Alaska, British Columbia), China, Timor, the western Tethys (Switzerland, Italy, Turkey), the Germanic Triassic, and the high Arctic (Spitsbergen, Exmouth Island) (Mazin, 1986; Callaway and Brinkman, 1989; Callaway and Massare, 1989). The presence of Mixosaurus in one of the richest ichthyosaur provinces, the Middle Triassic of Nevada (Merriam, 1908), has been difficult to establish. The history of this problem is very colorful and is the topic of this note together with the description of a new specimen from the Nevada Middle Triassic.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 161 - 164
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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