Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: M. S. Fernández. 1997. A new Ichthyosaur from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of the Neuquen Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):479-484
Belongs to Caypullisaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Fernández 1997, Fernandez 1998, Fernández 2007, Fischer et al. 2013, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010 and McGowan and Motani 2003
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MACN-N-32, a partial skeleton (anterior part of a skeleton incomplete beyond vertebrae 53). Its type locality is Cerro Lotena, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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