Thaisaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyopterygian marine reptile that lived during the Spathian[1] (late Olenekian, Early Triassic). Fossils have been found in Thailand.[2]
^Tongtherm, Kittichai; Shigeta, Yasunari; Sardsud, Apsorn; Sashida, Katsuo; Agematsu, Sachiko (October 2020). "Age of the Early Triassic Ichthyopterygian Thaisaurus Inferred from Ammonoid Biostratigraphy". Paleontological Research. 24 (4): 276–284. doi:10.2517/2019PR022. S2CID 222136795.
^New Material of Qianichtyosaurus Li, 1999 (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the late Triassic of southern China, and Implications for the Distribution of Triassic Ichthyosaurs. Elizabeth L. Nicholls, Chen Wei, Makoto Manabe.
specimen in 1991, naming it Thaisaurus chonglakmanii, in honor of the country it came from and its discoverer. Thaisaurus is a small ichthyopterygian...
Ichthyosauria as the group consisting of the last common ancestor of Thaisaurus chonglakmanii, Utatsusaurus hataii, and Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, and...
Jaeger, J.-J.; Helmckeingavat, R. (1991). "Preliminary description of Thaisaurus chonglakmanii n. g., n. sp., a new ichthyopterygian (Reptilia) from the...
diameter making them the largest of any known vertebrate[citation needed]. Thaisaurus Mazin Sutetthorn Buffetaut Jaeger Helmcke-Ignavat 1991 Valid Non-ichthyosaur...