Askeptosaurus
Askeptosaurus is an extinct genus of askeptosauroid, a marine reptile from the extinct order Thalattosauria. Askeptosaurus is known from several well-preserved fossils found in Middle Triassic marine strata in what is now Italy and Switzerland.
| Askeptosaurus Temporal range: Middle Triassic, | |
|---|---|
| A cast of specimen MSNM V456 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Thalattosauria |
| Family: | †Askeptosauridae |
| Genus: | †Askeptosaurus Nopcsa, 1925 |
| Species: | †A. italicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Askeptosaurus italicus Nopcsa, 1925 | |
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