Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combination: Plutoniosaurus bedengensis
Full reference: V. M. Efimov. 1997. A new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Ulyanovsk Volga region. Paleontological Journal 4:77-82
Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999 and Storrs et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimen: UPM No. 2/740, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Right Volga bank, 12 km north of Ulyanovsk, which is in a Hauterivian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Right Volga bank, 12 km north of Ulyanovsk
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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