一件普通鱼龙（Ichthyosaurus communis）标本保存了可能的鱼类食道内容物，而包含该种的比较椎骨解剖支持尾鳍推进；两类样本都不能确定整个属统一的食性、栖息地或运动性能范围。
claim:taxon:ichthyosaurus:ecologySwimming styles in Jurassic ichthyosaurs
Buchholtz, E.A.
年份2001
来源角色primary-study
DOI / ID10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0061:SSIJI]2.0.CO;2
适用范围
形态 · 生态 · methods
Comparative vertebral study including Ichthyosaurus communis. Swimming mode is an anatomical inference from the sampled axial skeletons, not a direct performance measurement or genus-wide speed estimate.