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Platypterygius elsuntuoso

Osteichthyes - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Platypterygius elsuntuoso was named by Páramo Fonseca et al. (2024). Its type specimen is FCG-CBP-28, a skull (A skull lacking the anterior portion of the snout; some disarticulated axial elements, incomplete left coracoid, and a few phalanges), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cabrera hill, which is in a Barremian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Platypterygius elsuntuoso Páramo Fonseca et al. figs. 4-9

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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
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusPlatypterygiusvon Huene 1922
specieselsuntuoso

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.

†Platypterygius elsuntuoso Páramo Fonseca et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. E. Páramo Fonseca et al. 2024P. elsuntuoso is distinguished from other species of Platypterygius by the following unique features: 1- The anterior ventral border of the extracondylar area of the basioccipital bears a small ventral peg anteroventrally directed (Shared with Plutoniosaurus, Zverkov pers. comm.), which fits into a posteroventral depression found in the basisphenoid; 2- Quadrate with supratemporal groove dorsal to the stapedial foramen (Shared with Plutoniosaurus Zverkov pers. comm.; and Undorosaurus see Zverkov & Efimov, 2019); and 3- Root of teeth with a shallow neck at the base of the acellular cementum ring.
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 Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Colombia (Boyaca) Platypterygius elsuntuoso (type locality: 278735)