| Ichthyotitan Temporal range: Late Triassic | |
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| Artist's illustration of Ichthyotitan severnensis by Joschua Knüppe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Infraorder: | †Shastasauria |
| Family: | †Shastasauridae |
| Genus: | †Ichthyotitan Lomax, 2024 |
| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyotitan severnensis Lomax, 2024 | |
Ichthyotitan is an extinct genus of massive ichthyosaur that was described in 2024. The genus lived around 202 million years ago in the Rhaetian age of the Triassic period. It is estimated to be 25 meters (82 feet) in length making it the largest marine reptile known to science. The type species of this ichthyosaur genus is I. severnensis.
Description[]
While the holotype is incomplete, it was clearly very large (using Shastasaurus as a model). It is currently estimated to be around 25 meters in length.
Discovery[]
Gallery[]
Sergey Krasovskiy's illustration.
References[]
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289