Platypterygius kiprijanoffi Romer 1968 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010

See also Maisch and Matzke 2000, Motani 1999 and Storrs et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Ichthyosaurus marathonensis, Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius hercynicus, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum, Myobradypterygius mollensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kursk Region (Platypterygius kiprijanoffi type locality), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Seversk Sandstone Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Petit-Blanc-Nez

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