Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: V. Fischer, N. Bardet, M. Guiomar and P. Godefroit. 2014. High diversity in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction. PLoS ONE 9(1):e84709
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to V. Fischer et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sveltonectes
Subtaxa: Sisteronia seeleyi
Type: Sisteronia seeleyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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