Californosaurus

Californosaurus
Temporal range: Middle-Late Triassic
Holotype skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Clade: Euichthyosauria
Genus: Californosaurus
Kuhn, 1934
Type species
Californosaurus perrini
Kuhn, 1934
Synonyms
  • Shastasaurus perrini Merriam, 1902

Californosaurus ('California lizard') is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile, from the Lower Hosselkus Limestone (Carnian, Late Triassic) of California, and also the Muschelkalk (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Germany.