†Argovisaurus martafernandezi Miedema et al. 2024 (ichthyosaur)
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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
Belongs to Argovisaurus according to F. Miedema et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIMUZ A/III 5279, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Oberegg north of Auenstein, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian deep subtidal marl in the Hauptrogenstein Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oberegg north of Auenstein
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