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Mollesaurus periallus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Mollesaurus periallus was named by Fernandez (1999). Its type specimen is MOZ 2282 V, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton of a single individual consisting of the posterior half of the skull and part of the vertebral column comprised of 39 articulated vertebrae an), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus periallus by Maisch and Matzke (2000) and Maisch (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. perihallus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Mollesaurus periallus Fernandez p. 677 figs. 1-4
2000Ophthalmosaurus periallus Maisch and Matzke pp. 78, 91
2003Mollesaurus periallus McGowan and Motani
2010Ophthalmosaurus periallus Maisch
2013Mollesaurus periallus Fischer et al.
2014Mollesaurus periallus 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
subfamilyOphthalmosaurinaeBaur 1887
genusMollesaurus
speciesperiallus

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.

†Mollesaurus periallus Fernandez 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Fernandez 1999"Large ichthyosaur. Differs from other members of the Family Ichthyosauridae in the following combination of characters: rostrum deep near the orbit, orbit large, postorbital region not narrow, basioccipital with a reduced extracondylar area and with two elongated and sightly concave areas placed symmetrically in the extracondylar area, nares elongate, maxillary very reduced in lateral view, teeth reduced."
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: Early/Lower Bajocian or 171.60000 to 168.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Argentina (Neuquen) Mollesaurus periallus (102280)