Platypterygius

Precious opal replacing Ichthyosaur backbone; display specimen, South Australian Museum. Original filename = P2211104.JPG

Muzeum Ewolucji PAN - Platypteryg - zęby Platypterygius campylodon

Left prootic of Acamptonectes densus compared to that of other ophthalmosaurids. A–C: A. densus (GLAHM 132588, holotype), in posterior view (A,B) and anterior view (C). D,E: A. densus (SNHM1284-R), in posterior view. F: Platypterygius australis (QMF14339), in posterior view redrawn from Kear [58]. G: Sveltonectes insolitus (IRSNB R269, holotype), in posterior view, from Fischer et al. [34]. H: Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (NHMUK R4522, mirrored), in posterior view, redrawn from Kirton [43]. I: Ophthalmosaurus icenicus (NHMUK R2161), in posterior view, redrawn from Andrews [51]. Abbreviations: amp: ampulla; avsc: impression of the anterior vertical semicircular canal; hsc: impression of the horizontal semicircular canal; M.a.m.e. facet: facet for attachment of musculus adductor mandibulae externus; sac: sacculus; ut: utriculus.

Most likely, this is the final version of the artwork.

Phylogeny of the Ichthyosauria according to Fischer et al. 2012.

Phylogeny of Ichthyosauria. Thin lines represent ghost lineages, thick black lines indicate the stratigraphic range of a species. Thick grey lines refer to the stratigraphic range of the corresponding genus.

Ichthyosaur Skeleton, Platypterygius longmani, in The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory at Darwin.

Ichthyosaurus wervel (Platypterygius, Lêegr Kryt, teegn Darwin, Noord Australië).

Front page of the 2018-I edition of Boletín de Geología, CC-BY 4.0-licensed scientific journal of the UIS

Holotype specimen TMP 2000.29.01 of the ophthalmosaurian ichthyosaur Athabascasaurus bitumineus from the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation of Alberta, in Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.