Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: M. E. Paramo. 1997. Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) nueva especie del Cretácico de Colombia. Revista Ingeominas 6:1-12
Belongs to Platypterygius according to Paramo 1997
See also Ji et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimen: DON 19671, a partial skull. Its type locality is Loma Pedro Luis, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Paja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Loma Pedro Luis
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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