Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Seeley 1874 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combination: Ophthalmosaurus oceanicus

Synonyms: Ancanamunia mendozana Rusconi 1940, Myobradypterygius mendozanus Rusconi 1940, Ophthalmosaurus pleydelli Lydekker 1890

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:696-707

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Andrews 1910, Appleby 1956, Araujo et al. 2008, Delair 1960, Fernandez 2000, Fischer et al. 2013, Frey and Stinnesbeck 2014, Gilmore 1905, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Perrier 1928, Rusconi 1940, Rusconi 1942 and Rusconi 1948

Sister taxa: Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus marshi, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus, Ophthalmosaurus natans, Ophthalmosaurus reedi, Ophthalmosaurus robustus, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Khudiakovia calloviensis, Ancanamunia espinacitense

Type specimens:

  • Ophthalmosaurus icenicus: Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
  • Ancanamunia mendozana: Its type locality is Bardas Blancas, which is in an Oxfordian marine lime mudstone in Argentina.
  • Ophthalmosaurus pleydelli:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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