Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonyms: Ancanamunia mendozana Rusconi 1940, Myobradypterygius mendozanus Rusconi 1940

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1874. On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 30:696-707

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to V. Fischer et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus, Ophthalmosaurus natans, Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Khudiakovia calloviensis, Ancanamunia mollensis

Type specimens:

• Ophthalmosaurus icenicus: Its type locality is Peterborough area, Leeds Collection, which is in a Callovian offshore mudstone in the Oxford Clay Formation of the United Kingdom
• Ancanamunia mendozana:

Ecology: nektonic carnivore