Name
Malawania.
Phonetic
Mah-lah-wan-e-ah.
Named By
V. Fischer, R. M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J. B. Riding, S. Brindley & P. Godefroit - 2013.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Ichthyosauria, Ichthyosauridae.
Diet
Carnivore/Piscivore.
Species
M. anachronus
Size
Uncertain.
Known locations
Iraq, Kurdistan.
Time Period
Hauterivian/Barremian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial post cranial skeletal remains with fragments of the skull and sclerotic rings.
Malawania is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived around the Middle East during the early Cretaceous.
- A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs. - Biology Letters 98(4). - V. Fischer, R. M. Appleby, D. Naish, J. Liston, J. B. Riding, S. Brindley & P. Godefroit - 2013.
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