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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

Qianichthyosaurus

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
Toretocnemidae
When it lived
227.3–239.48 million years ago
Geologic stages
Ladinian – Carnian
Named by
Li, 1999
Fossil occurrences
7 sites

Countries with fossils

  • China

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata