ammonites
Ophthalmosaurus Seeley 1874 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonyms: Ancanamunia Rusconi 1942, Khudiakovia Arkhangelsky 1999, Paraophthalmosaurus Arkhangelsky 1997, Yasykovia Efimov 1999

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

Parent taxon: Ophthalmosauridae according to V. Fischer et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Acamptonectes, Aegirosaurus, Arthropterygius, Athabascasaurus, Baptanodon, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Cryopterygius, Maiaspondylus, Mollesaurus, Nannopterygius, Ochevia, Ophthalmosaurinae, Palvennia, Platypterygiinae, Platypterygius, Sveltonectes, Undorosaurus

Subtaxa: Ancanamunia mollensis, Khudiakovia calloviensis, Ophthalmosaurus cantabrigiensis, Ophthalmosaurus discus, Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, Ophthalmosaurus monocharactus, Ophthalmosaurus natans, Ophthalmosaurus saveljeviensis, Ophthalmosaurus undorensis, Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore