Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus Appleby 1956 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: R. M. Appleby. 1956. The osteology and taxonomy of the fossil reptile Ophthalmosaurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3):403-448

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to Gasparini 1988

Sister taxa: Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, Ophthalmosaurus marshi, Ophthalmosaurus natans, Ophthalmosaurus reedi, Ophthalmosaurus robustus, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Ancanamunia espinacitense, Khudiakovia calloviensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Weymouth Oxford Clay Formation (non-specific locality data), which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine claystone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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