Ichthyotitan
| Ichthyotitan Temporal range: Late Triassic (Rhaetian), ~ | |
|---|---|
| Holotype (A, C) and referred (B, D) specimens of Ichthyotitan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
| Family: | †Shastasauridae (?) |
| Genus: | †Ichthyotitan |
| Species: | †I. severnensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ichthyotitan severnensis Lomax et al., 2024 | |
Ichthyotitan (meaning "giant fish lizard") is an extinct genus of probable shastasaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic (late Rhaetian) Westbury Mudstone Formation of Somerset, United Kingdom. The genus contains a single species, I. severnensis, known from two surangular (part of the jaw) bones. It may have had a body length near 25 metres (82 ft), which would make it the largest marine reptile currently known.
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