Shastasaurus
| Shastasaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Partial skull of Shastasaurus pacificus (UCMP 9017) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Suborder: | †Longipinnati |
| Node: | †Merriamosauria |
| Family: | †Shastasauridae Merriam, 1895 |
| Genus: | †Shastasaurus Merriam, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| †Shastasaurus pacificus Merriam, 1895 | |
| Species | |
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†S. pacificus | |
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Shastasaurus ("Mount Shasta lizard") is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic. Specimens have been found in the United States, Canada, and China.