Shonisaurus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Shonisaurus lived during the Late Triassic, with fossils found in Europe and North America.
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Shonisaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. Konietzko-Meier, J. D. Werner, and T. Wintrich, P. M. Sander. 2019. A large temnospondyl humerus from the Rhaetian (Late Triassic) of Bonenburg (Westphalia, Germany) and its implications for temnospondyl extinction. Journal of Iberian Geology 45(2):287-300
- J. A. Hogler and R. A. Hanger. 1989. A new condrophorine (Hydrozoa, Velellidae) from the Upper Triassic of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 63(2):249-251
- J. J., Jr. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
