Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combination: Ichthyosaurus campylodon

Full reference: J. Carter. 1846. On the occurrence of a new species of Ichthyosaurus in the Chalk. London Geological Journal 1:7-9

Belongs to Platypterygius according to C. Kolb and P. M. Sander 2009

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

Type specimen: SMC B20644, a partial skull (Upper and lower jaws). Its type locality is Ichthyosaurus campylodon type, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian marine horizon in the Cambridge Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.