Thalassodraco

Thalassodraco
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Anterior portion of the holotype block MJML K1885
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: Thalassodraco
Jacobs & Martill, 2020
Species:
T. etchesi
Binomial name
Thalassodraco etchesi
Jacobs & Martill, 2020

Thalassodraco (meaning "sea dragon") is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay Formation of England. The type species, T. etchesi, was named in 2020, with the epithet in honour of the discoverer of the holotype, Steve Etches.