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Arthropterygius chrisorum

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Ophthalmosaurus chrisorum was named by Russell (1993) [species originally referred to Ophthalmosaurus by Russel (1993)]. Its type specimen is NMC 40608, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Grassy, Melville Island ichthyosaur, which is in an Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian marine /sandstone in the Ringnes Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Arthropterygius chrisorum by Maxwell (2010), Fischer et al. (2013), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ophthalmosaurus chrisorum Russell p. 198 fig. 3
2010Arthropterygius chrisorum Maxwell
2013Arthropterygius chrisorum Fischer et al.
2014Arthropterygius chrisorum Arkhangelsky and Zverkov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
genusArthropterygius
specieschrisorum()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Arthropterygius chrisorum Russell 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 163.50000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Ophthalmosaurus chrisorum (type locality: 96680 131231)