Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: N. Bardet and M. Fernandez. 2000. A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria. Journal of Paleontology 74(3):503-511
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003 and Robert et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes
Subtaxa: Aegirosaurus leptospondylus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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