Genus
Valid Extinct

Paraophthalmosaurus

Arkhangelsky 1997

Nannopterygius is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur that lived during the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Fossils are known from England, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Norway and six species are currently assigned to the genus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Paraophthalmosaurus
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Fossil of Nannopterygius, an extinct reptile-- Took the photo at Natural History Museum, London © Ghedoghedo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Ophthalmosaurinae Subfamily
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Paraophthalmosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (2)
Paraophthalmosaurus kabanovi
Paraophthalmosaurus saratoviensis nomen dubium, species not entered Paraophthalmosaurus 149 Ma
Synonyms (1)
Paraophthalmosaurus saratoviensis nomen dubium, species not entered Paraophthalmosaurus
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (1)
M. S. Arkhangelsky. 1998. On the ichthyosaurian fossils from the Volgian Stage of the Saratov Basin. Palaeontological Journal (2):87-91