Sumpalla
Extinct genus of ichthyosaur From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sumpalla was an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Sumpalla argentina.[1] The holotype was initially believed to have belonged to Aegirosaurus before being placed in a new genus in 2021.
| Sumpalla Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
| Genus: | †Sumpalla Campos et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †S. argentina |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sumpalla argentina Campos et al., 2021 | |
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