Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: F. Miedema, D. Bastiaans, T. M. Scheyer, C. Klug, and E. E. Maxwell. 2024. A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria. BMC Ecology and Evolution 24(34):1-25

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauria according to F. Miedema et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Apatodonosaurus, Arthropterygius, Baptanodon, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae

Subtaxa: Argovisaurus martafernandezi

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Type: Argovisaurus martafernandezi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oberegg north of Auenstein (Jurassic of Switzerland)

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