Classification
Ichthyosauria
Unranked clade
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Baracromia
Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae
Family
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Platypterygiinae
Subfamily
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Platypterygius
Genus
Measurements
Length
7 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 62 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
10
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
35
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
6
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
6
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (18)
Platypterygius americanus
113 Ma
Platypterygius australis
113 Ma
Platypterygius bedengensis
133 Ma
Platypterygius elsuntuoso
126 Ma
Platypterygius hauthali
137 Ma
Platypterygius hercynicus
120 Ma
Platypterygius kiprijanoffi
101 Ma
Platypterygius ochevi
113 Ma
Platypterygius platydactylus
121 Ma
Platypterygius sachicarum
121 Ma
Synonyms (7)
Ichthyosaurus marathonensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Platypterygius
Longirostria
subjective synonym of Platypterygius
Myobradypterygius
subjective synonym of Platypterygius
Myobradypterygius mollensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Platypterygius
Myopterygius
subjective synonym of Platypterygius
Plutoniosaurus
subjective synonym of Platypterygius
Tenuirostria
subjective synonym of Platypterygius
Images 11
Bibliography
Original description
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