Arthropterygius Maxwell 2010 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: E. E. Maxwell. 2010. Generic reassignment of an ichthyosaur from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):403-415

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae according to N. G. Zverkov et al. 2015

See also Arkhangelsky and Zverkov 2014, Campos et al. 2020, Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Fernandez and Maxwell 2012, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012 and Fischer et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Apatodonosaurus, Argovisaurus, Baptanodon, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiidae, Platypterygiinae

Subtaxa: Arthropterygius chrisorum Arthropterygius hoybergeti Arthropterygius lundi Arthropterygius thalassonotus Arthropterygius volgensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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