ammonites
Caypullisaurus Fernández 1997 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: M. S. Fernández. 1997. A new Ichthyosaur from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of the Neuquen Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):479-484

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

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

Subtaxa: Caypullisaurus bonapartei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore