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Ophthalmosaurinae

Osteichthyes - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ophthalmosaurinae Baur
1888Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis Lydekker
1905Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis Gilmore p. 125
1909Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis Broili
2012Ophthalmosaurinae Fischer et al.
2013Ophthalmosaurinae Fischer et al.
2014Ophthalmosaurinae Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2014Ophthalmosaurinae Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15
2020Maiaspondylus cantabrigiensis Zverkov and Grigoriev

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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
subfamilyOphthalmosaurinaeBaur 1887

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.

Subfm. †Ophthalmosaurinae Baur 1887
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G. †Acamptonectes Fischer et al. 2012
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†Acamptonectes densus Fischer et al. 2012
G. †Cryopterygius Druckenmiller et al. 2012
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†Cryopterygius kielanae Tyborowski 2016
†Cryopterygius kristiansenae Druckenmiller et al. 2012
G. †Jabalisaurus Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021
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†Jabalisaurus meztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021
G. †Janusaurus Robert et al. 2014
G. †Leninia Fischer et al. 2013
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†Leninia stellans Fischer et al. 2013
G. †Mollesaurus Fernandez 1999
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†Mollesaurus periallus Fernandez 1999
G. †Ophthalmosaurus Seeley 1874
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†Ophthalmosaurus discus Marsh 1879
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Invalid names: Microdontosaurus petersonii Gilmore 1902 [synonym]
†Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Seeley 1874
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Invalid names: Ancanamunia mendozana Rusconi 1940 [synonym], Ophthalmosaurus pleydelli Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
†Ophthalmosaurus marshi Knight 1903
†Ophthalmosaurus natans Marsh 1879
†Ophthalmosaurus reedi Gilmore 1907
†Ophthalmosaurus robustus Gilmore 1905
†Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Efimov 1999
Invalid names: Ancanamunia Rusconi 1942 [synonym], Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky 1999 [synonym], Microdontosaurus Gilmore 1902 [synonym], Yasykovia Efimov 1999 [synonym]
G. †Palvennia Druckenmiller et al. 2012
G. †Paraophthalmosaurus Arkhangelsky 1997
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Invalid names: Paraophthalmosaurus saratoviensis Arkhangelsky 1998 [nomen dubium]
G. †Undorosaurus Efimov 1999
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†Undorosaurus nessovi Efimov 1999
†Undorosaurus trautscholdi Arkhangelsky and Zverkov 2014
Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis Broili 1909 [nomen dubium], Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis Lydekker 1888 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
V. Fischer et al. 2012Ophthalmosaurids with large extracondylar area of the basioccipital in form of a thick and concave peripheral band; posterodistally deflected ulnar facet of the humerus, large ulna with concave and edgy posterior surface; ischiopubis with obturator foramen.
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 Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 201.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Greenland (Ostgronland) Ophthalmosaurus sp. (78929)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6USA (Alaska) Ophthalmosaurinae indet. (142116)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina (Neuquen) Mollesaurus periallus (102280) Mollesaurus perihallus (140299)
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.2 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) Baptanodon discus (32321)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Russian Federation (Saratov) Khudiakovia calloviensis (142714)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5United Kingdom (England) Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (109800 133067 142299) Ophthalmosaurus sp. (105081 149244 149253)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus (140700)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) Baptanodon reedi (97635)
Late/Upper Callovian - Middle Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) Ophthalmosaurus natans (140543)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina (Mendoza) Myobradypterygius mendozanus (137147)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8USA (Wyoming) Ophthalmosaurus natans (96679)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Undorosaurus gorodischensis (28009) Undorosaurus nessovi (28011)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation (Moskva) Undorosaurus khorlovensis (28012 28013)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) Ophthalmosaurus cuvieri (65033)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Mexico (Coahuila) Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (110176)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Ophthalmosaurus undorensis (138035)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France (Aquitaine) Ophthalmosaurus sp. (94532)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Argentina (Neuquén) Caypullisaurus bonapartei (79651)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Poland Cryopterygius kielanae (216435)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Mexico (Coahuila) Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (104859)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquén) Ophthalmosaurus sp., Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus (79652)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Norway (Spitsbergen) Cryopterygius kristiansenae (134764)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Undorosaurus gorodischensis (28010) Yasykovia yasykovi (138037)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Russian Federation (Saratov) Paraophthalmosaurus saratoviensis (138036)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Russian Federation (Moskva) Undorosaurus trautscholdi (162726)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Argentina (Neuquén) Ophthalmosaurus sp. (122661 140285)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian145.06 - 141.0United Kingdom (England) Ichthyosauria indet. (122657)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian145.06 - 137.05Russian Federation (Nenets) Ophthalmosaurus sp. (167892)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Germany (Lower Saxony) Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis (122655)
Early/Lower Valanginian - Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Yasykovia sp. (169135)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77United Kingdom (England) Acamptonectes densus (66422 122652)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany (Lower Saxony) Acamptonectes densus (122653)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Leninia stellans (140146)
Albian113.2 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Ophthalmosaurinae indet. (86975)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Maiaspondylus cantabrigiensis (94490)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Ophthalmosaurinae indet. (94210 122654)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Russian Federation (Belgorod) Ophthalmosaurinae indet. (32314)