Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: E. E. Maxwell and M. W. Caldwell. 2006. A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Canada. Palaeontology 49(5):1043-1052

Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Maisch 2010, Maxwell and Caldwell 2006, Robert et al. 2014 and Zverkov and Grigoriev 2020

Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes

Subtaxa: Maiaspondylus lindoei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hay River (Cretaceous of Northwest Territories)

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