Jabalisaurus Explained

Jabalisaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic La Caja Formation of Mexico. It contains a single species, Jabalisaurus meztli.^[1]

It was initially identified as a specimen of a Ophthalmosaurus cf. icenus.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Barrientos-Lara. Jair Israel. Alvarado-Ortega. Jesús. 2021-11-01. A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Kimmeridgian deposits of the La Casita Formation, near Gómez Farías, Coahuila, northern Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. en. 111. 103499. 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103499. 2021JSAES.11103499B. 0895-9811.
2. Buchy, M.-C. 2010. "First record of Ophthalmosaurus (Reptilia, ichthyosauria) from the Tithonian (upper jurassic) of Mexico". Journal of Paleontology. 84(1): 149–155