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Pervushovisaurus campylodon

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Ichthyosaurus campylodon was named by Carter (1846). Its type specimen is SMC B20644, a partial skull (Upper and lower jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ichthyosaurus campylodon type, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine horizon in the West Melbury Marly Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Myopterygius campylodon by Delair (1960); it was recombined as Platypterygius campylodon by McGowan and Motani (2003), Kolb and Sander (2009) and Ji et al. (2016); it was recombined as Pervushovisaurus campylodon by Moon (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Ichthyosaurus campylodon Carter
1869Ichthyosaurus campylodon Seeley p. 3
1889Ichthyosaurus campylodon Lydekker p. 15 figs. 10, 11
1934Ichthyosaurus campylodon Swinton p. 64
1960Myopterygius campylodon Delair p. 69
2003Platypterygius campylodon McGowan and Motani
2009Platypterygius campylodon Kolb and Sander
2016Platypterygius campylodon Ji et al. p. 13
2019Pervushovisaurus campylodon Moon

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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
genusPervushovisaurusArkhangelsky 1998
speciescampylodon()

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.

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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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 112.03000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5France (Champagne-Ardenne) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (141003)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France (Lorraine) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (53950)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France Ichthyosaurus campylodon (142838)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0France (Champagne-Ardenne) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (55335)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Normandy) Platypterygius campylodon (142840)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Boulonnais) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (142839)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (94253) Pervushovisaurus campylodon (94263 214383)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (type locality: 143306)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Platypterygius campylodon (142713)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Ichthyosaurus campylodon (49496)