Undorosaurus gorodischensis Efimov 1999 (ichthyosaur)

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

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