Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Ophthalmosaurus gorodischensis
Full reference: V. M. Efimov. 1999. A new family of Ichthyosaurs, the Undorosauridae fam. nov. from the Volgian stage of the European part of Russia. Paleontological Journal 33(2):174-181
Belongs to Undorosaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003 and Storrs et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Undorosaurus khorlovensis, Undorosaurus nessovi, Undorosaurus trautscholdi
Type specimen: UPM EP-II-20 (527), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Volga region at Gorodische near Ul'yanovsk E. nikitini zone, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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