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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

Californosaurus

Dolphin-shaped sea reptiles: fast swimmers with huge eyes that gave birth to live young at sea instead of laying eggs on land.

Who it is related to: A branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs; exactly where it sits on the family tree is still debated.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Ichthyosaurs
Family
Californosauridae
When it lived
227.3–237 million years ago
Geologic stages
Carnian
Named by
Sepkoski, 2002
Fossil occurrences
2 sites

Countries with fossils

  • United States

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata