Parrassaurus
Extinct genus of marine reptile
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Parrassaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico named in 2021. Parrassaurus includes one species, Parrassaurus yacahuitztli.[1] The type specimen (CPC 307) was around 5 metres (16 ft) long.[2]
| Parrassaurus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil in Museo de la Evolución, Puebla. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
| Genus: | †Parrassaurus Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 |
| Type species | |
| †Parrassaurus yacahuitztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega, 2021 | |
