Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Full reference: M. E. Páramo Fonseca, C. D. Benavides Cabra, and R. Garavito Camacho. 2024. A new species of Platypterygius (Ophthalmosauridae) from the lower Barremian of Colombia and assessment of the species composition of the genus. Earth Sciences Research Journal 28(2):103-126
Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. E. Páramo Fonseca et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis
Type specimen: FCG-CBP-28, a skull (A skull lacking the anterior portion of the snout; some disarticulated axial elements, incomplete left coracoid, and a few phalanges). Its type locality is La Cabrera hill, which is in a Barremian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Cabrera hill
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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