Mixosauridae
| Mixosauridae Temporal range: Triassic, | |
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| Skeletal reconstruction of Mixosaurus cornalianus showing soft tissue outline | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Infraorder: | †Mixosauria |
| Family: | †Mixosauridae Baur, 1887 |
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Mixosauridae was an early group of ichthyosaurs, living between 247.2 and 235 million years ago, during the Triassic period. Fossils of mixosaurs have been found all over the world: China, Timor, Indonesia, Italy, Germany, Spitsbergen, Switzerland, Svalbard, Canada, Alaska, and Nevada.