†Muiscasaurus Maxwell et al. 2015 (ichthyosaur)
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Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: E. E. Maxwell, D. Dick, S. Padilla and M. L. Parra. 2015. A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. Papers in Palaeontology
Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae according to E. E. Maxwell et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Apatodonosaurus, Argovisaurus, Arthropterygius, Baptanodon, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae
Subtaxa: Muiscasaurus catheti
Type: Muiscasaurus catheti
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vereda Llanitos (Cretaceous of Colombia)
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