Undorosaurus
Name:
Undorosaurus.
Phonetic: Un-dor-o-sor-us.
Named By: V. M. Efimov - 1999.
Synonyms: Ophthalmosaurus gorodischensis.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae, Platypterygiinae.
Species: U. gorodischensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Russia.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeletal remains.
Undorosaurus is a genus of ichthyosaur which lived in the late Jurassic seas of what is now Russia. For a time Undorosaurus was speculated to be synonymous with Ophthalmosaurus, but today Undorosaurus is regarded by all to be a distinct genus, though one that is related to Ophthalmosaurus.
Further reading
- A new family of Ichthyosaurs, the Undorosauridae fam. nov.
from the Volgian stage of the European part of Russia. -
Paleontological Journal 33(2):174-181. - V. M. Efimov
- 1999.
- On a new ichthyosaur of the genus Undurosaurus. - Proceedings
of the Zoological Institute RAS 318(5):187-196. - M. S.
Arkhangelsky & N. G. Zverkov - 2014.
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