Sumpalla

Sum-pal-lah.
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Name

Sumpalla.

Phonetic

Sum-pal-lah.

Named By

Lisandro Campos,‭ ‬Marta S.‭ ‬Fern�ndez,‭ ‬Yanina Herrera‭ & ‬Alberto Garrido‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Ichthyosauria,‭ ‬Ophthalmosauridae,‭ ‬Platypterygiinae.

Diet

Piscivore.

Species

S.‭ ‬argentina‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vaca Muerta Formation.

Time Period

Late Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Sumpalla ia a genus of ichthyosaur that lived in the waters around South America during‭ ‬the late Jurassic.‭ ‬The holotype fossil of Sumpalla was originally assigned to the Aegirosaurus‭ ‬genus,‭ ‬before being re-described in‭ ‬2021.

Further reading

-‭ ‬Morphological disparity in the evolution of the ophthalmosaurid forefin:‭ ‬new clues from the Upper Jurassic of Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Papers in Palaeontology.‭ ‬7‭ (‬4‭)‬:‭ ‬1995‭–‬2020.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lisandro Campos,‭ ‬Marta S.‭ ‬Fern�ndez,‭ ‬Yanina Herrera‭ & ‬Alberto Garrido‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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