Species
Valid Extinct

Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus

Appleby 1956

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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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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Ophthalmosaurus Genus
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Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Oxford Clay
1
Vaca Muerta
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
R. M. Appleby. 1956. The osteology and taxonomy of the fossil reptile Ophthalmosaurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3):403-448 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
M. S. Fernandez. 2000. Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina. Historical Biology 14(1-2):133-136 DOI ↗
R. M. Appleby. 1956. The osteology and taxonomy of the fossil reptile Ophthalmosaurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 126(3):403-448 DOI ↗