Jabalisaurus
Species of ichthyosaur
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Jabalisaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic La Casita Formation of Mexico. It contains a single species, Jabalisaurus meztli.[1]
| Jabalisaurus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Genus: | †Jabalisaurus Barrientos-Lara & Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 |
| Species: | †J. meztli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Jabalisaurus meztli Barrientos-Lara & Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 | |
It was initially identified as a specimen of a Ophthalmosaurus cf. icenicus.[2]