A Prevalence of Arthropterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic—Earliest Cretaceous of the Boreal Realm [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The ichthyosaur genus Arthropterygius Maxwell, 2010 is considered as rare and poorly known. However, considering the existing uncertainty regarding its position in respect to ophthalmosaurid subfamilies in recent phylogenies, it is among the key taxa for
Nikolay G. Zverkov +1 more
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Discovery of the first ichthyosaur from the Jurassic of India: Implications for Gondwanan palaeobiogeography. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 An articulated and partially preserved skeleton of an ichthyosaur was found in the Upper Jurassic (Upper Kimmeridgian) Katrol Formation exposed at a site south of the village Lodai in Kachchh district, Gujarat (western India).
Guntupalli V R Prasad +5 more
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New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundIchthyosauria is a diverse clade of marine amniotes that spanned most of the Mesozoic. Until recently, most authors interpreted the fossil record as showing that three major extinction events affected this group during its history: one during ...
Valentin Fischer +9 more
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A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic (Early Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK, with implications for Late Jurassic ichthyosaur diversity. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, Thalassodraco etchesi gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset, UK is described. The specimen, a partial, articulated skull and anterior thorax in the Etches Collection of Kimmeridge,
Megan L Jacobs, David M Martill
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An Upper Jurassic Ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) From the Bowser Basin, British Columbia [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2016 Although the Jurassic was a period of high diversity in ichthyosaurs, only a small number of specimens have been recorded from Canada to date. We describe here a new occurrence of an ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from a shallow marine depositional environment within the Bowser Basin of northern British Columbia. Based on vertebral diameters and the size
Michael W. Caldwell +2 more
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Refining the marine reptile turnover at the Early–Middle Jurassic transition [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Even though a handful of long-lived reptilian clades dominated Mesozoic marine ecosystems, several biotic turnovers drastically changed the taxonomic composition of these communities.
Valentin Fischer, Robert Weis, Ben Thuy
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The soft tissue and skeletal anatomy of two Late Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from the Solnhofen archipelago [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Ichthyosaurs from the Solnhofen Lagerstätte are among the only examples of soft tissue preservation in the major Middle Jurassic–middle Cretaceous family Ophthalmosauridae.
Lene L. Delsett +3 more
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A new specimen of Palvennia hoybergeti: implications for cranial and pectoral girdle anatomy in ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 The Late Jurassic Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte on Spitsbergen preserves a diverse array of marine reptiles, including four named taxa of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs. One of these, Palvennia hoybergeti, is based on the single holotype specimen (SVB 1451)
Lene Liebe Delsett +3 more
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Taxonomy of Platypterygius campylodon and the diversity of the last ichthyosaurs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 A complex and confusing taxonomy has concealed the diversity dynamics of Cretaceous ichthyosaurs (Reptilia) for decades. The near totality of Albian-Cenomanian remains from Eurasia has been assigned, by default, to the loosely defined entity ...
Valentin Fischer
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Redescription and Phylogenetic Position of Caypullisaurus (Ichthyosauria: OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE) [PDF]
Journal of Paleontology, 2007 Abstract The ophthalmosaurid Caypullisaurus from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina, is redescribed based on new information from recent discoveries. Cladistic analysis of Caypullisaurus, based on previous ichthyopterygian data sets and using NONA, yielded two most parsimonious trees. Two clades are recognized within the
Marta Susana Fernández
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