Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Myobradypterygius hauthali
Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Fernandez and Aguirre-Urreta 2005, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan 1972, McGowan and Motani 2003, Pérez et al. 2015 and Rusconi 1948
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro Belgrano, which is in a Barremian coastal sandstone in the Rio Belgrano Formation of Argentina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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