Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: C. McGowan. 1976. The description and phenetic relationships of a new ichthyosaur genus from the Upper Jurassic of England. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 13(5):668-683
Belongs to Brachypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010
Sister taxa: Brachypterygius alekseevi, Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis, Brachypterygius extremus, Brachypterygius pseudoscythica, Grendelius zhuravlevi, Grendelius alekseevi
Type specimen: J68516, a partial skeleton (complete skull with some postcranial elements). Its type locality is Great Ouse Flood Relief Channel at Stowbridge, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachypterygius mordax in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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