Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: M. S. Arkhangelsky, A. O. Averianov, E. M. Pervushov, V. Yu Ratnikov, and N. Yu Zozyrev. 2008. On ichthyosaur remains from the Cretaceous of the Voronezh Region. Paleontological Journal 42(3):287-291
Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010
See also Arkhangelsky et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimen: ZIN PH 1/71, a partial skeleton (Fragments of cranial bones, incomplete coracoid, forelimbs, partial vertebral column, and rib fragments). Its type locality is Semiluki, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Semiluki
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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