Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Ophthalmosaurus chrisorum
Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1993. Jurassic marine reptiles from Cape Grassy, Melville Island, Arctic Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 450:195-201
Belongs to Arthropterygius according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Fischer et al. 2013, Maxwell 2010 and Russell 1993
Sister taxa: Arthropterygius hoybergeti, Arthropterygius lundi, Arthropterygius thalassonotus, Arthropterygius volgensis
Type specimen: NMC 40608, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cape Grassy, Melville Island ichthyosaur, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian marine /sandstone in the Ringnes Formation of Canada.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (2: Northwest Territories collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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