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Ophthalmosaurus
Taxonomy
Ophthalmosaurus was named by Seeley (1874) [Sepkoski's age data: ].
It was assigned to Baptanodontidae by Gilmore (1905); to Baptanodontinae by Merriam (1908); to Macropterygiidae by von Huene (1951); to Stenopterygiinae by Fernández (1997); to Neoichthyosauria by Sander (2000); to Ichthyosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Storrs et al. (2000); to Ichthyosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophthalmosauria by Motani (1999), Fernández (2003) and Druckenmiller and Maxwell (2010); to Ophthalmosaurinae by Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014), Robert et al. (2014) and Zverkov et al. (2015); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Andrews (1910), Hay (1930), McGowan and Motani (2003), Araujo et al. (2008), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2011), Fischer et al. (2013) and Ji et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Baptanodontidae by Gilmore (1905); to Baptanodontinae by Merriam (1908); to Macropterygiidae by von Huene (1951); to Stenopterygiinae by Fernández (1997); to Neoichthyosauria by Sander (2000); to Ichthyosauridae by Carroll (1988) and Storrs et al. (2000); to Ichthyosauria by Sepkoski (2002); to Ophthalmosauria by Motani (1999), Fernández (2003) and Druckenmiller and Maxwell (2010); to Ophthalmosaurinae by Fischer et al. (2012), Arkhangelsky and Zverkov (2014), Robert et al. (2014) and Zverkov et al. (2015); and to Ophthalmosauridae by Andrews (1910), Hay (1930), McGowan and Motani (2003), Araujo et al. (2008), Maisch (2010), Fischer et al. (2011), Fischer et al. (2013) and Ji et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1874 | Ophthalmosaurus Seeley p. 699 |
1902 | Microdontosaurus Gilmore p. 914 |
1905 | Ophthalmosaurus Gilmore pp. 126-127 |
1908 | Ophthalmosaurus Merriam p. 88 |
1910 | Ophthalmosaurus Andrews p. 2 |
1930 | Ophthalmosaurus Hay p. 127 |
1942 | Ancanamunia Rusconi p. 2 |
1949 | Ancanamunia espinacitense Rusconi |
1951 | Ophthalmosaurus von Huene p. 90 |
1988 | Ophthalmosaurus Carroll |
1997 | Ophthalmosaurus Fernández p. 483 |
1999 | Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky |
1999 | Yasykovia Efimov |
1999 | Ophthalmosaurus Motani p. 485 |
2000 | Ophthalmosaurus Sander |
2000 | Ophthalmosaurus Storrs et al. p. 199 |
2002 | Ophthalmosaurus Sepkoski |
2003 | Ophthalmosaurus Fernández p. 693 fig. 3 |
2003 | Ophthalmosaurus McGowan and Motani |
2008 | Ophthalmosaurus Araujo et al. p. 26 figs. 7-8 |
2010 | Ophthalmosaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell |
2010 | Ophthalmosaurus Maisch |
2011 | Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al. |
2012 | Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al. |
2013 | Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al. |
2014 | Ophthalmosaurus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov |
2014 | Ophthalmosaurus Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15 |
2015 | Ophthalmosaurus Zverkov et al. |
2016 | Ophthalmosaurus Ji et al. p. 13 |
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G. †Ophthalmosaurus Seeley 1874
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†Ophthalmosaurus discus Marsh 1879
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Invalid names: Microdontosaurus petersonii Gilmore 1902 [synonym]
†Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Seeley 1874
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Invalid names: Ancanamunia mendozana Rusconi 1940 [synonym], Ophthalmosaurus pleydelli Lydekker 1890 [synonym]
†Ophthalmosaurus marshi Knight 1903
†Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus Appleby 1956
†Ophthalmosaurus natans Marsh 1879
†Ophthalmosaurus reedi Gilmore 1907
†Ophthalmosaurus robustus Gilmore 1905
†Ophthalmosaurus undorensis Efimov 1991
†Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Efimov 1999
Invalid names: Ancanamunia Rusconi 1942 [synonym], Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky 1999 [synonym], Microdontosaurus Gilmore 1902 [synonym], Yasykovia Efimov 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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R. Motani 1999 | Fused ischiopubis; large orbit; dorsal centra short, with height/length ratio above 3.0; scapula wide ventrally, about three times as dorsal width. | |
C. Ji et al. 2016 | Humerus with three distal facets, the anterior one articulating with a preaxial accessory element; phalanges rounded, not tightly packed, free margins rugose; elements in longest digit probably <20; teeth not firmly attached and usually lost to a certain extent; orbit large, orbital ratio >0.20; parietal ridge present; ventral notch in the extracondylar area of the basioccipital; pelvic girdle bipartite, ischium and pubis fused with a foramen in the middle. |