Apatodonosaurus Mehl 1928 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1928. Apatodonosaurus, a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Wyoming. Denison University Scientific Laboratories Journal 23(2):111-126

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Mehl 1928

Sister taxa: Argovisaurus, Arthropterygius, Baptanodon, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae

Subtaxa: Apatodonosaurus grayi

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Type: Apatodonosaurus grayi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Fremont County ichthyosaur (PROXY) (Jurassic of Wyoming)

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