Acamptonectes Fischer et al. 2012 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: V. Fischer, M. W. Maisch, D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F. J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh and R. M. Appleby. 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One 7(1):e29234

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

See also Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012 and Robert et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Cryopterygius, Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis, Jabalisaurus, Janusaurus, Leninia, Mollesaurus, Ophthalmosaurus, Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Palvennia, Paraophthalmosaurus, Undorosaurus

Subtaxa: Acamptonectes densus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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