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Platypterygius ochevi

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Platypterygius ochevi was named by Arkhangelsky et al. (2008). Its type specimen is ZIN PH 1/71, a partial skeleton (Fragments of cranial bones, incomplete coracoid, forelimbs, partial vertebral column, and rib fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Semiluki, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Platypterygius ochevi Arkhangelsky et al. p. 289
2010Platypterygius ochevi Maisch

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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
subfamilyPlatypterygiinaeArkhangelsky 2001
genusPlatypterygiusvon Huene 1922
speciesochevi

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 ochevi Arkhangelsky et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available