Paraophthalmosaurus

Paraophthalmosaurus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 150–145 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Ichthyosauria
Family: †Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: †Paraophthalmosaurus
Arkhangelsky, 1997
Species
  • †P. saveljevensis Arkhangelsky, 1997 (type species)
  • †P. kabanovi (Efimov, 1999)

Paraophthalmosaurus is an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic of European Russia.[1]

Taxonomy

It was originally described in 1997 on the basis of remains from the Saratov region of European Russia. It was subsequently considered either valid or a synonym of Ophthalmosaurus. However, recent cladistic analysis finds it to be a derived member of Ophthalmosaurinae.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ M. S. Arkhangelsky. 1997. On a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Lower Volgian substage of the Saratov, Volga Region. Paleontological Journal 21(1):87-91
  2. ↑ M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov (2014). "On a new ichthyosaur of the genus Undorosaurus" (PDF). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 318 (3): 187–196.
  3. ↑ N. G. Zverkov, M. S. Arkhangelsky and I. M. Stenshin (2015) A review of Russian Upper Jurassic ichthyosaurs with an intermedium/humeral contact. Reassessing Grendelius McGowan, 1976. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute 318(4): 558-588
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