Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Synonym: Sauranodon Marsh 1879 [replaced name]
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:696-707
Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae according to R. M. Appleby 1967
See also Andrews 1910, Cocude-Michel 1963, Gilmore 1905, Gilmore 1905, Günther 1886, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Marsh 1879, Merriam 1908 and von Huene 1951
Sister taxa: Apatodonosaurus, Argovisaurus, Arthropterygius, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae
Subtaxa: Baptanodon discus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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