Sisteronia
Name:
Sisteronia.
Phonetic: Sis-teh-ro-ne-ah.
Named By: V. Fischer, N. Bardet, M.
Guiomar & P. Godefroit - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Platypterygiinae.
Species: S. seeleyi (type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: England - Gault Formation,
West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation. France - Marnes bleues
Formation.
Time period: Albian-Cenomanian? of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Sisteronia is a genus of ophtahlmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived in European seas during the end of the early Cretaceous to perhaps into the early part of the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- High diversity in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to
their extinction. - PLoS ONE 9(1):e84709. - V.
Fischer, N. Bardet, M. Guiomar & P. Godefroit -
2014.
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