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Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Yasykovia yasykovi was named by Efimov (1999). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Destkii (Children's) Sanatorium area, Volga River, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Yasykovia.

It was recombined as Paraophthalmosaurus yasykovi by Storrs et al. (2000); it was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi by Maisch and Matzke (2000) and Maisch (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Yasykovia yasykovi Efimov
2000Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Maisch and Matzke pp. 78
2000Paraophthalmosaurus yasykovi Storrs et al. p. 200
2010Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Maisch

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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
subfamilyOphthalmosaurinaeBaur 1887
genusOphthalmosaurus
speciesyasykovi()

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.

Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Efimov 1999
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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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Yasykovia yasykovi (type locality: 138037)