Ophthalmosaurus natans Marsh 1879 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combinations: Baptanodon natans, Sauranodon natans

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. A new order of extinct reptiles (Sauranodonta), from the Jurassic Formation of the Rocky Mountains. The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 17(97):85-86

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Fischer et al. 2013, Gilmore 1905, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, Marsh 1879, McGowan and Motani 2003 and Perrier 1928

Sister taxa: Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, Ophthalmosaurus marshi, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus, Ophthalmosaurus reedi, Ophthalmosaurus robustus, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Khudiakovia calloviensis, Ancanamunia espinacitense

Type specimen: YPM 1952, a partial skeleton

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (2: Wyoming collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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