Genus
Valid Extinct

Ophthalmothule

Roberts et al. 2020

Ophthalmothule, was a cryptoclidid plesiosaur dating to the latest Volgian, found in the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte of the Agardhfjellet Formation in Spitsbergen. The type species is O. cryostea.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Ophthalmothule
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Quarry map and reconstruction of PMO 224.248. (A) Drawing from a combination of field and laboratory drawings in ventral view (modified from Delsett et al. (2016)); (B) skeletal reconstruction of PMO 224.248, where red indicates preserved elements. Scale bar equals 50 cm. Drawn by Aubrey Jane Roberts. © Aubrey Jane Roberts · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Cryptoclididae Family
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Ophthalmothule Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇴 Norway
1
Geological formations
Agardhfjellet
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ophthalmothule cryostea 149 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. J. Roberts, P. S. Druckenmiller, and B. Cordonnier, L. L. Delsett, J. H. Hurum. 2020. A new plesiosaurian from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmøya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography. PeerJ 8:e8652 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. J. Roberts, P. S. Druckenmiller, and B. Cordonnier, L. L. Delsett, J. H. Hurum. 2020. A new plesiosaurian from the Jurassic-Cretaceous transitional interval of the Slottsmøya Member (Volgian), with insights into the cranial anatomy of cryptoclidids using computed tomography. PeerJ 8:e8652 DOI ↗