Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Synonyms: Grendelius McGowan 1976, Ochevia Arkhangelsky 2001, Otschevia Efimov 1998
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Appleby 1967, Carroll 1988, Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Efimov 1998, Fernandez 1997, Fernández 2003, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan 1976, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Robert et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002, Storrs et al. 2000 and von Huene 1951
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes
Subtaxa: Brachypterygius alekseevi Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis Brachypterygius extremus Brachypterygius mordax Brachypterygius pseudoscythica Grendelius alekseevi Grendelius zhuravlevi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Norway (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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