Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Platypterygius birjukovi
Full reference: V. G. Otschev and V. M. Efimov. 1985. Novyy rod ikhtiozavrov iz Ul'yanovskogo Povolzh'ya. Paleontologeskii Zhurnal (4)76-80
Belongs to Simbirskiasaurus according to V. Fischer et al. 2014
See also Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Otschev and Efimov 1985 and Storrs et al. 2000
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YKM 65119, a partial skull. Its type locality is Right bank of the Volga River, 25 km upstream from Ul'yanovsk, which is in a Barremian marine horizon in the Simbirskites Clay Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Right bank of the Volga River, 25 km upstream from Ul'yanovsk
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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