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Undorosaurus gorodischensis

Osteichthyes - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Undorosaurus gorodischensis was named by Efimov (1999). Its type specimen is UPM EP-II-20 (527), a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Volga region at Gorodische near Ul'yanovsk E. nikitini zone, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus gorodischensis by Maisch and Matzke (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Undorosaurus gorodischensis Efimov
1999Undorosaurus gorodischensis efimov
2000Ophthalmosaurus gorodischensis Maisch and Matzke pp. 78, 90
2000Undorosaurus gorodischensis Storrs et al. p. 200
2003Undorosaurus gorodischensis McGowan and Motani
2010Undorosaurus gorodischensis Maisch
2014Undorosaurus gorodischensis Arkhangelsky and Zverkov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusUndorosaurusEfimov 1999
speciesgorodischensis

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.

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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 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Undorosaurus gorodischensis (28009)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Undorosaurus gorodischensis (type locality: 28010)