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Caypullisaurus
Taxonomy
Caypullisaurus was named by Fernández (1997) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Caypullisaurus bonapartei.
It was assigned to Stenopterygiinae by Fernández (1997) and Fernandez (1998); to Ichthyosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophthalmosauria by Motani (1999), Fernández (2003) and Druckenmiller and Maxwell (2010); to Platypterygiinae by Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014) and Robert et al. (2014); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Fernández (2007), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2011), Fischer et al. (2013) and Ji et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Stenopterygiinae by Fernández (1997) and Fernandez (1998); to Ichthyosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophthalmosauria by Motani (1999), Fernández (2003) and Druckenmiller and Maxwell (2010); to Platypterygiinae by Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014) and Robert et al. (2014); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Maisch and Matzke (2000), McGowan and Motani (2003), Fernández (2007), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2011), Fischer et al. (2013) and Ji et al. (2016).
Species
C. bonapartei (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Caypullisaurus Fernández p. 480 |
| 1998 | Caypullisaurus Fernandez |
| 1999 | Caypullisaurus Motani p. 485 |
| 2000 | Caypullisaurus Maisch and Matzke pp. 78, 99 |
| 2002 | Caypullisaurus Sepkoski |
| 2003 | Caypullisaurus Fernández p. 693 fig. 3 |
| 2003 | Caypullisaurus McGowan and Motani |
| 2007 | Caypullisaurus Fernández p. 368 |
| 2010 | Caypullisaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell |
| 2010 | Caypullisaurus Maisch |
| 2011 | Caypullisaurus Fischer et al. |
| 2012 | Caypullisaurus Fischer et al. |
| 2013 | Caypullisaurus Fischer et al. |
| 2014 | Caypullisaurus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov |
| 2014 | Caypullisaurus Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15 |
| 2016 | Caypullisaurus Ji et al. p. 14 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. Motani 1999 | Edentulous. | |
| M. W. Maisch and A. T. Matzke 2000 | "Large ichthyosaur, exceeding 3m in length, skull with very large
orbit and short postorbital skull segment, dentition reduced in adults, forefin with elements forming closely fitting mosaic pattern, more than one well developed preaxial finger the posteriormost of which contacts humerus in additional facet, up to 8 fingers in total, ulna much smaller than radius." | |
| C. Ji et al. 2016 | No contact between supratemporal and postor-
bital; basioccipital extracondylar area reduced; teeth reduced and probably absent; postorbital region broad; humerus with three distal facets, the anterior one articulating with a preaxial accessory element; facet for ulna smaller than radial facet and set off obliquely; phalanges polygonal and closely packed; elements in longest digit probably >24; hind fin preaxial and postaxial accessory digits present. |