†family Platypterygiidae Bardet 1995 (ichthyosaur)
Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauria according to N. G. Zverkov 2022
See also Arkhangelsky et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Apatodonosaurus, Argovisaurus, Arthropterygius, Baptanodon, Catutosaurus, Gengasaurus, Ichthyosaurus doughtyi, Keilhauia, Muiscasaurus, Nannopterygius, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiinae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platypterygiidae in the database