Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: L. Campos, M. S. Fernandez, and Y. Herrera. 2020. A new ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic of northwest Patagonia (Argentina) and its significance for the evolution of the narial complex of the ophthalmosaurids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188:180-201

Belongs to Arthropterygius according to L. Campos et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Arthropterygius chrisorum, Arthropterygius hoybergeti, Arthropterygius lundi, Arthropterygius volgensis

Type specimen: MOZ-PV 6145, a partial skeleton (a partial skeleton consisting of a skull lacking the anterior portion of the rostrum and a partly articulated right forefin). Its type locality is Yesera del Tromen–Pampa Tril, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Vaca Muerta Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yesera del Tromen–Pampa Tril

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.