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Ophthalmosaurus reedi

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Baptanodon reedi was named by Gilmore (1907). Its type specimen is UW DB, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dutton Creek Basin, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine horizon in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus reedi by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Baptanodon reedi Gilmore p. 193 fig. 1
1930Ophthalmosaurus reedi Hay p. 128

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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
speciesreedi()

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 reedi Gilmore 1907
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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: base of the Late/Upper Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Oxfordian or 164.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7USA (Wyoming) Baptanodon reedi (type locality: 97635)