Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: V. Fischer, M. S. Arkhangelsky, G. N. Upensky, I. M. Stenshin, and P. Godefroit. 2013. A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae. Geological Magazine

Belongs to Leninia according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Fischer et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YKM 65931, a partial skeleton (an articulated but incomplete skull preserved in three-dimensions). Its type locality is Kriushi locality, 2 km southeast from Kriushi village, which is in an Aptian marine shale/shale in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kriushi locality, 2 km southeast from Kriushi village

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