Vertebrata - Cotylosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Synonyms: Grendelius McGowan 1976, Otschevia Efimov 1998

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

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

Subtaxa: Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis, Brachypterygius extremus, Brachypterygius mordax, Brachypterygius pseudoscythicus, Brachypterygius zhuravlevi

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Type: Ichthyosaurus extremus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore