Ichthyosaurus

Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Ichthyosauria
Family	Ichthyosauridae
Group	Marine reptile
Rank (PBDB)	genus· Paleobiology Database
Author	Koenig 1818· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)	Chordata › Reptilia › Ichthyosauria › Ichthyosauridae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)	227–100 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences	101· Paleobiology Database

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Ichthyosaurus — Ichthyosaurus sp 1822 — Ichthyosaurus sp 1822 — Smithsonian Institution (NMNHPALEO), Smithsonian Open Access, CC0

Ichthyosaurus — Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821 (NHMUK PV R 1126) — Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821 (NHMUK PV R 1126) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Ichthyosaurus — Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV OR 40103 (2)) — Ichthyosaurus De la Beche & Conybeare, 1821, NON-TYPE (NHMUK PV OR 40103 (2)) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Ichthyosaurus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/ichthyosaurus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-ichthyosaurus,
  title        = {Ichthyosaurus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/ichthyosaurus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, smithsonian, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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