Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae
Synonyms: Ancanamunia Rusconi 1942, Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky 1999, Microdontosaurus Gilmore 1902, Yasykovia Efimov 1999
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:696-707
Parent taxon: Ophthalmosaurinae according to N. G. Zverkov et al. 2015
See also Andrews 1910, Araujo et al. 2008, Arkhangelsky and Zverkov 2014, Carroll 1988, Druckenmiller and Maxwell 2010, Efimov 1999, Fernández 1997, Fernandez 2000, Fernández 2003, Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Gilmore 1905, Hay 1930, Ji et al. 2016, Maisch 2010, Maisch and Matzke 2000, McGowan and Motani 2003, Merriam 1908, Motani 1999, Robert et al. 2014, Rusconi 1942, Sander 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Storrs et al. 2000 and von Huene 1951
Sister taxa: Acamptonectes, Cryopterygius, Ichthyosaurus brunsvicensis, Jabalisaurus, Janusaurus, Leninia, Mollesaurus, Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Palvennia, Paraophthalmosaurus, Undorosaurus
Subtaxa: Ancanamunia espinacitense Khudiakovia calloviensis Ophthalmosaurus discus Ophthalmosaurus icenicus Ophthalmosaurus marshi Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus Ophthalmosaurus natans Ophthalmosaurus reedi Ophthalmosaurus robustus Ophthalmosaurus undorensis Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (5), France (2), Greenland (1), Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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