Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Belongs to Platypterygius according to M. W. Maisch 2010

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kursk Region (Platypterygius kiprijanoffi type locality), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Seversk Sandstone Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: nektonic carnivore