Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combinations: Brachypterygius pseudoscythicus, Otschevia pseudoscythica
Full reference: V. M. Efimov. 1998. An ichthyosaur, Otschevia pseudoscythica gen. et. sp. nov. from the Upper Jurassic strata of the Ulyanovsk region (Volga region). Paleontological Journal 2:82-86
Belongs to Brachypterygius according to B. C. Moon 2019
See also Efimov 1998, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000 and Storrs et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Brachypterygius alekseevi, Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis, Brachypterygius extremus, Brachypterygius mordax, Grendelius zhuravlevi, Grendelius alekseevi
Type specimen: UPM No. 3/100, a partial skeleton (partial skull and skeleton with good forelimb). Its type locality is Right bank of Volga River, 8km east of Novaya Bedenga, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Volga River, 8km east of Novaya Bedenga
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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