Besanosaurus
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Besanosaurus is an extinct genus of Middle Triassic ichthyosaur from Monte San Giorgio of Italy and Switzerland, containing the single species B. leptorhynchus. Besanosaurus was named by Cristiano Dal
Skull and front part of the skeleton of BES SC 999, the holotype of Besanosaurus
Referred specimen PIMUZ T 4847 on display at the Natural History Museum, Zurich
Diagram of the specimen assigned to Pessosaurus that was suggested to have affinities with Mikadocephalus
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Ichthyosauria
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Ichthyosauria is an order of large extinct marine reptiles sometimes referred to as "ichthyosaurs", although the term is also used for wider clades in which the order resides.
Besanosaurus
…Besanosaurus (meaning 'reptile from Besano') is an extinct genus of Middle Triassic ichthyosaur from Monte San Giorgio of Italy and Switzerland, containing the single species B. leptorhynchus. Besanosaurus was named by Cristiano Dal Sasso and…
Ichthyosaurus communis in London
An ichthyosaur and plesiosaur by Édouard Riou, 1863. This old representation of a plesiosaur lifting its head is not accurate and physically impossible.
The skull of specimen NHMUK PV R1158 found by Joseph Anning in 1811
The torso of specimen NHMUK PV R1158 found by Mary Anning in 1812