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Platypterygiinae
Taxonomy
Platypterygiinae was named by Arkhangelsky (2001). It was considered monophyletic by Fischer et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Ophthalmosauria by Zverkov and Grigoriev (2020); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Pardo-Pérez et al. (2012), Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014), Robert et al. (2014), Pérez et al. (2015), Bardet et al. (2015), Fischer (2016), Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega (2020) and Campos et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Ophthalmosauria by Zverkov and Grigoriev (2020); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Pardo-Pérez et al. (2012), Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014), Robert et al. (2014), Pérez et al. (2015), Bardet et al. (2015), Fischer (2016), Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega (2020) and Campos et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius (syn. Otschevia, Ochevia, Grendelius), Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius (syn. Longirostria, Myopterygius, Plutoniosaurus, Tenuirostria, Myobradypterygius), Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia, Sveltonectes
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2001 | Platypterygiinae Arkhangelsky |
| 2012 | Platypterygiinae Fischer et al. |
| 2012 | Platypterygiinae Pardo-Pérez et al. |
| 2014 | Platypterygiinae Arkhangelsky and Zverkov |
| 2014 | Platypterygiinae Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15 |
| 2015 | Platypterygiinae Bardet et al. p. 5 |
| 2015 | Platypterygiinae Pérez et al. p. 124 |
| 2016 | Platypterygiinae Fischer p. 8 |
| 2020 | Platypterygiinae Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega |
| 2020 | Platypterygiinae Zverkov and Grigoriev |
| 2021 | Platypterygiinae Campos et al. |
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Subfm. †Platypterygiinae Arkhangelsky 2001
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G. †Acuetzpalin Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2020
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†Acuetzpalin carranzai Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2020
G. †Aegirosaurus Bardet and Fernandez 2000
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†Aegirosaurus leptospondylus Wagner 1853
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Invalid names: Macropterygius posthumus Barthel 1990 [synonym], Macropterygius trigonus Owen 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus trigonus posthumus Bauer 1898 [nomen dubium]
G. †Athabascasaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010
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†Athabascasaurus bitumineus Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010
G. †Brachypterygius Huene 1922
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†Brachypterygius alekseevi Arkhangelsky 2001
†Brachypterygius mordax McGowan 1976
†Brachypterygius pseudoscythica Efimov 1998
Invalid names: Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis Lydekker 1888 [nomen dubium], Grendelius McGowan 1976 [synonym], Ochevia Arkhangelsky 2001 [synonym], Otschevia Efimov 1998 [synonym]
G. †Parrassaurus Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021
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†Parrassaurus yacahuitztli Barrientos-Lara and Alvarado-Ortega 2021
G. †Pervushovisaurus Arkhangelsky 1998
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†Pervushovisaurus bannovkensis Arkhangelsky 1998
†Pervushovisaurus campylodon Carter 1846
G. †Platypterygius von Huene 1922
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†Platypterygius australis McCoy 1867
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Invalid names: Myopterygius australis McCoy 1867 [synonym], Myopterygius marathonensis Etheridge 1888 [synonym], Platypterygius longmani Wade 1990 [synonym]
†Platypterygius bedengensis Efimov 1997
†Platypterygius compylodon Carter 1846
†Platypterygius hauthali von Huene 1927
†Platypterygius hercynicus Kuhn 1946
†Platypterygius kiprijanoffi Romer 1968
†Platypterygius ochevi Arkhangelsky et al. 2008
†Platypterygius platydactylus Broili 1907
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Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus hercynicus Kuhn 1946 [synonym]
†Platypterygius sachicarum Paramo 1997
Invalid names: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis Etheridge 1888 [nomen dubium], Longirostria Arkhangelsky 1998 [synonym], Myobradypterygius von Huene 1927 [synonym], Myopterygius Huene 1922 [synonym], Plutoniosaurus Efimov 1997 [synonym], Tenuirostria Arkhangelsky 1998 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| V. Fischer et al. 2012 | Ophthalmosaurids with square tooth roots in cross-section; an extremely reduced extracondylar area of the basioccipital; prominent dorsal and ventral trochanters on humerus; ischiopubis lacking an obturator foramen. |