Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Alternative combinations: Paraophthalmosaurus yasykovi, Yasykovia yasykovi

Full reference: V. M. Efimov. 1999. Ichthyosaurs of a new genus Yasykovia from the Upper Jurassic strata of European Russia. Paleontological Journal 1:92-100

Belongs to Ophthalmosaurus according to M. W. Maisch 2010

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Destkii (Children's) Sanatorium area, Volga River, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in the Russian Federation