Shonisaurus

Shonisaurus; Temporal range: Late Triassic (Carnian),
	Restored skull in a Japanese museum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Shastasauridae
Genus:	†Shonisaurus; Camp, 1976
Type species
	†Shonisaurus popularis; Camp, 1976
Species
	†S. popularis Camp, 1976 ; †S.? sikanniensis Nicholls and Manabe, 2004 ;

Shonisaurus is a genus of very large ichthyosaurs. At least 37 incomplete fossil specimens of the marine reptile have been found in the Luning Formation of Nevada, USA. This formation dates to the late Carnian age of the late Triassic period, about 237–227 million years ago.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Nicholls, Elizabeth L.; Manabe, Makoto (2004). "Giant Ichthyosaurs of the Triassic—A New Species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (4): 838–849. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0838:GIOTTN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
^ McGowan, C.; Motani, R. (1999). "A Reinterpretation Of the Upper Triassic Ichthyosaur Shonisaurus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1): 42–49. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011121.

[giant-1] Nicholls, Elizabeth L.; Manabe, Makoto (2004). "Giant Ichthyosaurs of the Triassic—A New Species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (4): 838–849. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0838:GIOTTN]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.

[2] McGowan, C.; Motani, R. (1999). "A Reinterpretation Of the Upper Triassic Ichthyosaur Shonisaurus". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (1): 42–49. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011121.

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