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studies have
suggested that
shastasaurids were suction-feeders,
current research indicates that the jaws of
shastasaurid ichthyosaurs do not fit the suction-feeding...
- Tri****ic. The
discovery of
Ichthyotitan has been
considered evidence that
shastasaurids were
still thriving until their disappearance in the Tri****ic–Jur****ic...
- tons (11
short tons) However, the
largest reptiles, period, were the
shastasaurids,
specifically Ichthyotitan,
which approached lengths rivalling to exceeding...
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known ever to have existed. Some
studies have
estimated that
certain shastasaurid ichthyosaurs and the
ancient whale Perucetus could have
rivalled the...
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including the
shastasaurids and
later ichthyosaurs.
Motani noted that some
parts of the
phylogeny were unstable, and that many
traditional shastasaurids were "problematic"...
- the only
surviving sauropterygians, and
giant ichthyosaurs such as
shastasaurids. Some
authors have
argued that the end of the Tri****ic
acted as a genetic...
- In
April 2024,
Ichthyotitan severnensis was
established as a
valid shastasaurid taxon and is
considered both the
largest marine reptile ever discovered...
-
village of Westbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire. The
remains of a
giant shastasaurid and
dinosaurs are
known from the formation. List of dinosaur-bearing...
-
Guanlingsaurus is an
extinct genus of
shastasaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Tri****ic of China. It grew up to 8.3
metres (27 ft) in
length and has a wide...
- the genus. Much like in the
analysis by
Bindellini and colleagues,
shastasaurids and
mixosaurids were
recovered as more
derived ichthyosaurs. Like in...
