Sisteronia seeleyi Fischer et al. 2014 (ichthyosaur)

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

Belongs to Sisteronia according to V. Fischer et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAMSM B58257_67, a partial skeleton (partial basicranium, scapula, humerus, and 5 centra). Its type locality is Cambridge Greensand [non-specific locality data], which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal marl in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

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

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