Temnodontosaurus was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Temnodontosaurus lived during the Early Jurassic, with fossils found in Europe.
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Temnodontosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- A. S. Woodward. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) Part 1. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 1:1-613
- C. McGowan. 1994. Temnodontosaurus risor is a juvenile of T. platyodon (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(4):472-479
- C. W. Andrews. 1921. On some remains of a theropodous dinosaur from the Lower Lias of Barrow-on-Soar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 8:570-576
