Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Alternative combinations: Ichthyosaurus australis, Mixosaurus hectori
Synonyms: Myopterygius australis McCoy 1867, Myopterygius marathonensis Etheridge 1888, Platypterygius longmani Wade 1990
Full reference: F. McCoy. 1867. On the occurrence of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 19:355-356
Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Fischer et al. 2013, Fordyce 1991, Hector 1874, Jack and Etheridge 1892, Ji et al. 2016, Kear 2003, Lydekker 1889, Maisch 2010, McCoy 1867, McGowan 1972, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Scanlon 2006 and Zammit 2010
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimens:
- Platypterygius australis: MV P12989. Its type locality is Hamuri Bluff, which is in a Campanian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Conway Formation of New Zealand.
- Myopterygius australis: MV P12989. Its type locality is Hamuri Bluff, which is in a Campanian basinal (siliciclastic) sandstone in the Conway Formation of New Zealand.
- Myopterygius marathonensis: QM, a partial skull. Its type locality is Marathon Station, Flinders River, which is in an Albian basinal (carbonate) horizon in Australia.
- Platypterygius longmani: QMF2453, a partial skull. Its type locality is Telemon lease, Dunluce Station, which is in an Albian marine carbonate in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (17 collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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