First three-dimensional skull of the Middle Triassic mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon fraasi from Svalbard, Norway

• Published in: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
• Main Authors: Roberts, Aubrey Jane, Engelschiøn, Victoria Sjøholt, Hurum, Jørn Harald
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Instytut Paleobiologii 2022
• Subjects: Botneheia; Norway; Svalbard
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/101253; https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00915.2021

The marine Middle Triassic sediments of Svalbard are rich in fossiliferous material and are particularly well-known for marine reptile fossils. Here, we present a new specimen of the small-bodied mixosaurid ichthyosaur Phalarodon fraasi from the Botneheia Formation. PMO 235.393 is unusual in being t...