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Ophthalmosaurus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Ophthalmosaurus Seeley p. 699
1902Microdontosaurus Gilmore p. 914
1905Ophthalmosaurus Gilmore pp. 126-127
1908Ophthalmosaurus Merriam p. 88
1910Ophthalmosaurus Andrews p. 2
1930Ophthalmosaurus Hay p. 127
1942Ancanamunia Rusconi p. 2
1949Ancanamunia espinacitense Rusconi
1951Ophthalmosaurus von Huene p. 90
1988Ophthalmosaurus Carroll
1997Ophthalmosaurus Fernández p. 483
1999Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky
1999Yasykovia Efimov
1999Ophthalmosaurus Motani p. 485
2000Ophthalmosaurus Sander
2000Ophthalmosaurus Storrs et al. p. 199
2002Ophthalmosaurus Sepkoski
2003Ophthalmosaurus Fernández p. 693 fig. 3
2003Ophthalmosaurus McGowan and Motani
2008Ophthalmosaurus Araujo et al. p. 26 figs. 7-8
2010Ophthalmosaurus Druckenmiller and Maxwell
2010Ophthalmosaurus Maisch
2011Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al.
2012Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al.
2013Ophthalmosaurus Fischer et al.
2014Ophthalmosaurus Arkhangelsky and Zverkov
2014Ophthalmosaurus Robert et al. p. 22 fig. 15
2015Ophthalmosaurus Zverkov et al.
2016Ophthalmosaurus Ji et al. p. 13

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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
subfamilyOphthalmosaurinaeBaur 1887
genusOphthalmosaurus

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.

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 natans Marsh 1879
Ophthalmosaurus reedi Gilmore 1907
Ophthalmosaurus robustus Gilmore 1905
Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi Efimov 1999
Invalid names: Ancanamunia Rusconi 1942 [synonym], Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky 1999 [synonym], Microdontosaurus Gilmore 1902 [synonym], Yasykovia Efimov 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Motani 1999Fused 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. 2016Humerus 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.