Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega. 2020. Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 98:102456-102456

Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to J. I. Barrientos-Lara and J. Alvarado-Ortega 2020

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

Subtaxa: Acuetzpalin carranzai

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Type: Acuetzpalin carranzai

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro de Palotes (Jurassic of Mexico)

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