Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: P. S. Druckenmiller, J. H. Hurum, E. M. Knutsen and H. A. Nakrem. 2012. Two new ophthalmosaurids (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic: Volgian/Tithonian), Svalbard, Norway. Norwegian Journal of Geology 92:311-339
Parent taxon: Ophthalmosaurinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Druckenmiller et al. 2012, Ji et al. 2016, Robert et al. 2014 and Tyborowski 2016
Sister taxa: Acamptonectes, Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis, Jabalisaurus, Janusaurus, Leninia, Mollesaurus, Ophthalmosaurus, Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Palvennia, Paraophthalmosaurus, Undorosaurus
Subtaxa: Cryopterygius kielanae Cryopterygius kristiansenae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Norway (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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