Jabalisaurus

Ja-bah-le-sor-us.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Jabalisaurus.

Phonetic

Ja-bah-le-sor-us.

Named By

Jair Israel Barrientos-Lara‭ & ‬Jes�s Alvarado-Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Ichthyosauria,‭ ‬Ophthalmosauridae.

Diet

Piscivore.

Species

J.‭ ‬meztli‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Mexico‭ ‬-‭ ‬La Casita Formation.

Time Period

Kimmeridgian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Jabalisaurus is a genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived during the late Jurassic.

Further reading

-‭ ‬A new ophthalmosaurid‭ (‬Ichthyosauria‭) ‬from the Upper Kimmeridgian deposits of the La Casita Formation,‭ ‬near G�mez Far�as,‭ ‬Coahuila,‭ ‬northern Mexico.‭ ‬Journal of South American Earth Sciences.‭ ‬111:‭ ‬103499.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Jair Israel Barrientos-Lara‭ & ‬Jes�s Alvarado-Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.

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