Sumpalla Temporal range:
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Sumpalla argentina Campos et al., 2021
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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.