Sumpalla

Sumpalla; Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily:	†Platypterygiinae
Genus:	†Sumpalla; Campos et al., 2021
Species:	†S. argentina
Binomial name
	†Sumpalla argentina; Campos et al., 2021

Sumpalla was an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina. It contains a single species, Sumpalla argentina.^[1] The holotype was initially believed to have belonged to Aegirosaurus before being placed in a new genus in 2021.

References

^ Campos, Lisandro; Fernández, Marta S.; Herrera, Yanina; Garrido, Alberto (2021). "Morphological disparity in the evolution of the ophthalmosaurid forefin: new clues from the Upper Jurassic of Argentina". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 1995–2020. doi:10.1002/spp2.1374. S2CID 237770509.