Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combination: Baptanodon reedi

Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1907. A new species of Baptanodon from the Jurassic of Wyoming. The American Journal of Science, series 4 23(135):193-198

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Gilmore 1907

Sister taxa: Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, Ophthalmosaurus marshi, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus, Ophthalmosaurus natans, Ophthalmosaurus robustus, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Ancanamunia espinacitense, Khudiakovia calloviensis

Type specimen: UW DB, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Dutton Creek Basin, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine horizon in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dutton Creek Basin

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