Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: V. Fischer, E. Masure, M. S. Arkhangelsky and P. Godefroit. 2011. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1010-1025
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016 and Robert et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia
Subtaxa: Sveltonectes insolitus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ulyanovsk area [Sveltonectes insolitus type locality] (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)
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