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Ophthalmosaurus natans

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Sauranodon natans was named by Marsh (1879). Its type specimen is YPM 1952, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Sauranodon.

It was recombined as Baptanodon natans by Hay (1902), Gilmore (1905) and Perrier (1928); it was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus natans by Hay (1930), Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2013), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014) and Ji et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Sauranodon natans Marsh p. 86
1902Baptanodon natans Hay p. 463
1905Baptanodon natans Gilmore p. 120
1928Baptanodon natans Perrier p. 3089
1930Ophthalmosaurus natans Hay p. 128
2000Ophthalmosaurus natans Maisch and Matzke pp. 78
2003Ophthalmosaurus natans McGowan and Motani
2010Ophthalmosaurus natans Maisch
2013Ophthalmosaurus natans Fischer et al.
2014Ophthalmosaurus natans Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2016Ophthalmosaurus natans Ji et al. p. 13

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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
speciesnatans()

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 natans Marsh 1879
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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: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7USA (Wyoming) Ophthalmosaurus natans (140543)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3USA (Wyoming) Ophthalmosaurus natans (96679)