Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative spelling: Simbirshiasaurus

Full reference: V. G. Otschev and V. M. Efimov. 1985. Novyy rod ikhtiozavrov iz Ul'yanovskogo Povolzh'ya. Paleontologeskii Zhurnal (4)76-80

Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to V. Fischer et al. 2014

See also Maisch and Matzke 2000, Motani 1999 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes

Subtaxa: Simbirskiasaurus birjukovi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Right bank of the Volga River, 25 km upstream from Ul'yanovsk (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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