Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: I. Paparella, E. E. Maxwell, A. Cipriani, S. Roncace, and M. W. Caldwell. 2017. The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy). Geological Magazine 154(4):837-858
Belongs to Gengasaurus according to I. Paparella et al. 2017
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MSVG 39617, a skeleton (A relatively complete individual preserved on a slab, with a disarticulated skull, part of the pectoral girdle, and an articulated vertebral column lacking the ). Its type locality is Camponocecchio, Genga, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian marine horizon in the Calcari ad aptici e Saccocoma Formation of Italy.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Camponocecchio, Genga
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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