In Depth Malawania is a genus of ichthyosaur that lived around the Middle East during the early Cretaceous. Further Reading - 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 … Read more
In Depth Protoichthyosaurus is a genus of small ichthyosaur that lived during the early Jurassic, though possibly also in the Late Triassic. Further Reading - The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs. Palaeontology 22(4):921-946. - R. M. Appleby - 1979. - The taxonomic utility of forefin morphology in Lower Jurassic ichthyosaurs: Protoichthyosaurus and Ichthyosaurus. - … Read more