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

Belongs to Sveltonectes according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2011 and Ji et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IRSNB R269, a skeleton (Near complete skeleton). Its type locality is Ulyanovsk area [Sveltonectes insolitus type locality], which is in a Barremian marine marl in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ulyanovsk area [Sveltonectes insolitus type locality]

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