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Ophthalmosaurus robustus

Reptilia - Ophthalmosauridae

Taxonomy
Baptanodon robustus was named by Gilmore (1905). Its type specimen is CM 919, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Fork, Powder River, which is in a Bathonian/Oxfordian marine horizon in the Sundance Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Ophthalmosaurus robustus by Hay (1930).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Baptanodon robustus Gilmore pp. 333-336
1930Ophthalmosaurus robustus Hay p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Ichthyosauromorpha
—Ichthyosauriformes
—Ichthyopterygia(Owen 1840)
—Eoichthyosauria
—Ichthyosauria(de Blainville 1835)
—Baracromia
familyOphthalmosauridaeAndrews 1910
subfamilyOphthalmosaurinaeBaur 1887
genusOphthalmosaurus
speciesrobustus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ophthalmosaurus robustus Gilmore 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:07:40
Modified: 2010-02-23 00:20:57
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.3 - 157.3USA (Wyoming) Baptanodon discus (type locality: 32321)