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Arthropterygius volgensis

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Ichthyosaurus volgensis was named by Kasansky (1903) [= 1910 Ophthalmosaurus sp.; Bogolubov: 472 [pars]. = 2000? Ophthalmosaurus sp.; Storrs, Arkhangel’skii & Efimov: 197 [pars]. = 2008 Undorosaurinae gen. indet.; Arkhangelsky: 253 [pars].]. Its type specimen is KSU 982/P-213 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mouth of the Berezoviy Dol Ravine near Novaya Racheika Village, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Otschevia volgensis by Arkhangelsky (2000); it was considered a nomen dubium by McGowan and Motani (2003); it was recombined as Arthropterygius volgensis by Zverkov and Prilepskaya (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Ichthyosaurus volgensis Kasansky
2000Otschevia volgensis Arkhangelsky p. 550
2019Arthropterygius volgensis Zverkov and Prilepskaya pp. 44 - 47 figs. 16, 17

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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
genusArthropterygius
speciesvolgensis(Kasansky 1903)

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.

†Arthropterygius volgensis Kasansky 1903
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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: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Samara) Ichthyosaurus volgensis (217015)