This list of ichthyosauromorph type specimens is a list of fossils serving as the official standard-bearers for inclusion in the species and genera of the reptile clade Ichthyosauromorpha (Hupehsuchia included). Type specimens are those which are definitionally members of biological taxa and additional specimens can only be "referred" to these taxa if an expert deems them sufficiently similar to the type.
The list Species Genus Catalogue number Institution Age Unit Country Notes Image Acamptonectes densus Acamptonectes GLAHM 132588 (holotype)
SNHM1284-R (paratype)
NHMUK R11185 (paratype) The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Glasgow; Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum Braunschweig; Natural History Museum London Hauteravian Actiosaurus gaudryi Actiosaurus Aegirosaurus leptospondylus Aegirosaurus Arthropterygius chrisorum Arthropterygius CMN 40608 Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, Canada) Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian Canada Athabascasaurus bitumineus Athabascasaurus TMP 2000.29.01 Barracudasauroides panxianensis Barracudasauroides GMPKU-P-1033 Geological Museum Peking University (Beijing, China) Barracudasaurus maotaiensisBarracudasaurusIVPP V 2468Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing, China)Ladinian?exact age unclear, Middle Triassic Besanosaurus leptorhyncus Besanosaurus BES SC 999 Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Milano (Milan, Italy) Anisian-Ladinian Grenzbitumenzone Besano FM Italy Brachypterygius extremus Brachypterygius Californosaurus perrini Californosaurus Callawayia neoscapularis Callawayia Cartorhynchus lenticarpus CartorhynchusAGM CH-628-16 Anhui Geological Museum (Hefei, China) Olenekian (Spathian) China Caypullisaurus bonapartei Caypullisaurus Chacaicosaurus cayi Chacaicosaurus MOZ 5803 Chaohusaurus brevifemoralisChaohusaurusAGM AGB7401 (holotype) GMPKU P-3086 (paratype)
AGB 7403 (paratype)Anhui Geological Museum (Hefei, China); Geological Museum Peking University (Beijing, China)Olenekian (Spathian)Chinapreviously placed under C. chaoxianensisChaohusaurus chaoxianensisChoahusaurusAGM AGB2905Anhui Geological Museum (Hefei, China)Olenekian (Spathian)Chinapreviously referred to genus Anhuisaurus and Chensaurus Chaohusaurus geishanensis Chaohusaurus IVPP V 4001 Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing, China)Olenekian (Spathian) China Eohupehsuchus brevicollisEohupehsuchus WGSC 26003Wuhan Centre of Geological Survey China (Wuhan, China)Olenekian (Spathian)ChinaEretmorhipis carrolldongiEretmorhipisWGSC 26020Wuhan Centre of Geological Survey China (Wuhan, China)Olenekian (Spathian)Chinasee referred specimens YAGM V 1401 and WGSC V 1601 for skull morphologyGuanlingsaurus liangaeGuanlingsaurus GMR 014Geological Survey of Guizhou, Guiyang PRC (collection currently curated by the government of Guanling CountyCarnianGuizhouichthyosaurus tangaeGuizhouichthyosaurus GMR 009Geological Survey of Guizhou, Guiyang PRC (collection currently curated by the government of Guanling CountyCarnian?China Hudsonelpidia brevirostris Hudsonelpidia ROM 44629 Hupehsuchus nanchangensisHupehsuchus IVPP V3232Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (Beijing, China)Olenekian (Spathian)ChinaMikadocephalus gracilirostrisMikadocephalusGPIT 1793/1Geologisches und Palaeontologisches Institut Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)Anisian-LadinianGrenzbitumenzone Besano FMItaly Muiscasaurus catheti Muiscasaurus CIP-FCG-CBP-74Muiscasaurus catheti - Paleobiology Database Barremian-Aptian Paja Formation Colombia Named after the Muisca Nanchangosaurus suni Nanchangosaurus GMC V636Geological Museum of China, BeijingOlenekian (Spathian)ChinaParahupehsuchus longusParahupehsuchus WGSC 26005Wuhan Centre of Geological Survey China (Wuhan, China)Olenekian (Spathian)China Phantomosaurus neubigi Phantomosaurus BSP 1992 I 39 Bayerische Staatssammlung fûr Palaeontologie (Munich, Germany) Anisian Germany Platypterygius longmaniPlatypterygiusQM F2453Queensland Museum (Brisbane, Australia)Australiafirst referred to as Ichthyosaurus australisProtoichthyosaurus applebyiProtoichthyosaurusUNM.G.2017.1University of Nottingham Museum (Nottingham, UK)Sinemurian?Protoichthyosaurus prostaxalisProtoichthyosaurusBRLSI M3553 (holotype) BRLSI M3555 (paratype)
LEICT G454.1951/164 (paratype)Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (Bath, UK) Leicester Arts and Museums Service, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester, UK)SinemurianUnited KingdomSclerocormus parvicepsSclerocormusAGB 6265Anhui Geological Museum (Hefei, China)Olenekian (Spathian)ChinaStenopterygius aaleniensisStenopterygiusSMNS 90699Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)AalenianGermanyStenopterygius quadriscissusStenopterygiusGPIT 43/0219-1 (lectotype)Geologisches und Palaeontologisches Institut Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)ToarcianGermanyStenopterygius triscissusStenopterygiusGPIT 12/0224-2Geologisches und Palaeontologisches Institut Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)ToarcianGermanyStenopterygius uniterStenopterygiusGPIT 1491/10 (neotype)Geologisches und Palaeontologisches Institut Tübingen (Tübingen, Germany)ToarcianGermanySuevoleviathan disintegerSuevoleviathanSMNS 15390Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)ToarcianGermanylikely junior synonym of S. integerSuevoleviathan integerSuevoleviathanMCZ 1042Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (Cambridge, USA)ToarcianGermanyTemnodontosaurus azerguensisTemnodontosaurusMAMSPLP unnumberedMusee des Amis de la Mine (Saint-Pierre La Palud, France)ToarcianFranceTemnodontosaurus eurycephalusTemnodontosaurusNHMUK R1157Natural History Museum London UKSinemurianUnited KingdomTemnodontosaurus nuertingensisTemnodontosaurusSMNS 13488Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)ToarcianGermanyTemnodontosaurus platyodon TemnodontosaurusHettangian - SinemurianTemnodontosaurus trigonodonTemnodontosaurusPB 1Petrefaktensammlung Kloster Banz (Bad Staffelstein, Germany)ToarcianGermanyhead is 2,10 m long--biggest in EuropeUtatsusaurus hataii Utatsusaurus IGPS 95941 Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Olenekian (Spathian) Japan Wahlisaurus massaraeWahlisaurusLEICT G454.1951.5Leicester Arts and Museums Service, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery (Leicester, UK)Hettangian
See also
List of ichthyosaurs Timeline of ichthyosaur research
References