Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: M. S. Fernández. 1997. A new Ichthyosaur from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of the Neuquen Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):479-484
Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014
See also Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Fernández 1997, Fernandez 1998, Fernández 2003, Fernández 2007, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Motani 1999, Robert et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Eternauta, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes
Subtaxa: Caypullisaurus bonapartei
Type: Caypullisaurus bonapartei
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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