Species
Valid Extinct

Ophthalmothule cryostea

Roberts et al. 2020

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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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
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Ophthalmothule cryostea Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇴 Norway
1
Geological formations
Agardhfjellet
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
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 ↗