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Nannopterygius saveljeviensis

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis was named by Arkhangelsky (1997). Its type specimen is CTY 104a/23, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brick factory spoil heap, Gornyi, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis by Maisch and Matzke (2000) and Maisch (2010); it was recombined as Nannopterygius saveljeviensis by Zverkov and Jacobs (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Arkhangelsky
1999Yasykovia kabanovi Efimov
1999Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Motani
2000Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Maisch and Matzke pp. 78
2000Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Storrs et al. p. 200
2010Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Maisch
2014Paraophthalmosaurus kabanovi Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2014Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2021Nannopterygius saveljeviensis Zverkov and Jacobs pp. 246 - 256 figs. 10 - 15

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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
genusNannopterygiusHuene 1923
speciessaveljeviensis()

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.

†Nannopterygius saveljeviensis Arkhangelsky 1997
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Invalid names: Nannopterygius kabanovi Efimov 1999 [synonym]
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: Tithonian or 152.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Yasykovia kabanovi (217469)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Saratov) Paraophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis (type locality: 138036)