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†subfamily Ophthalmosaurinae Baur 1887 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae 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: Apatodonosaurus, Argovisaurus, Arthropterygius, Baptanodon, Brachypterygiidae, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae

Subtaxa: Acamptonectes Cryopterygius Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis Jabalisaurus Janusaurus Leninia Mollesaurus Ophthalmosaurus Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis Palvennia Paraophthalmosaurus Undorosaurus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (5)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (7), France (2), Greenland (1), Mexico (2), Norway (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (7), United States (5: Alaska, Wyoming)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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