Classification
Ichthyosauria
Unranked clade
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Baracromia
Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae
Family
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Platypterygiinae
Subfamily
Fossil sites 104 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Campanian
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
18
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
53
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
6
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
5
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
5
Valanginian
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
11
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
V. Fischer, M. W. Maisch, and D. Naish, R. Kosma, J. Liston, U. Joger, F. J. Krüger, J. Pardo Pérez, J. Tainsh, R. M. Appleby. 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One 7(1):e29234
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