Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

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

Sister taxa: Platypterygius americanus, Platypterygius australis, Platypterygius bannovkensis, Platypterygius bedengensis, Platypterygius birjukovi, Platypterygius campylodon, Platypterygius compylodon, Platypterygius hauthali, Platypterygius kiprijanoffi, Platypterygius ochevi, Platypterygius platydactylus, Platypterygius sachicarum

Type specimen: SMSS, a partial skeleton (Partial skull, vertebral column, partial pectoral girdle, two forefins and parts of the hindfins). Its type locality is Pit "Gitter", Salzgitter, which is in an Aptian marine mudstone in Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore