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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Platypterygiinae |
| Genus: | †Sumpalla Campos et al., 2021 |
| Species: | †S. argentina |
| Binomial name | |
| †Sumpalla argentina Campos et al., 2021 | |
Sumpalla was an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Sumpalla argentina.[1] The holotype was initially believed to have belonged to Aegirosaurus before being placed in a new genus in 2021.
References
- ↑ Campos, Lisandro; Fernández, Marta S.; Herrera, Yanina; Garrido, Alberto (2021). "Morphological disparity in the evolution of the ophthalmosaurid forefin: new clues from the Upper Jurassic of Argentina". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 1995–2020. doi:10.1002/spp2.1374. S2CID 237770509.
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