Platypterygius bedengensis Efimov 1997 (ichthyosaur)

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

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