Espèce
Valide Éteint

Platypterygius australis

(McCoy 1867)

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
17
Groupe
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marin
Classification
Ichthyosauria Clade non classé
Baracromia Clade non classé
Ophthalmosauridae Famille
Platypterygiinae Sous-famille
Platypterygius Genre
Platypterygius australis Espèce
Sites de découverte 17 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇦🇺 Australie
17
Formations géologiques
Allaru Mudstone
1
Distribution temporelle
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
17
Synonymes (3)
Myopterygius australis subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Myopterygius marathonensis subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Platypterygius longmani subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Bibliographie
Description originale
F. McCoy. 1867. On the occurrence of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 19:355-356
Bibliographie (7)
M. Zammit, R. M. Norris, and B. P. Kear. 2010. The Australian Cretaceous ichthyosaur Platypterygius australis: A description and review of postcranial remains. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1726-1735 DOI ↗
B. P. Kear. 2005. Cranial morphology of Platypterygius longmani Wade, 1990 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145:583-622 DOI ↗
R. A. Henderson. 2004. A mid-Cretaceous association of shell beds and organic-rich shale: bivalve exploitation of a nutrient-rich, anoxic seafloor environment. Palaios 19:156-169 DOI ↗
B. P. Kear. 2003. Cretaceous marine reptiles of Australia: a review of taxonomy and distribution. Cretaceous Research 24(3):277-303 DOI ↗
B. P. Kear, W. E. Boles, and E. T. Smith. 2003. Unusual gut contents in a Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 270:206-208 DOI ↗
B. P. Kear. 2001. Dental caries in an Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur. Alcheringa 25(4):387-390 DOI ↗
R. L. Jack and R., Jr. Etheridge. 1892. The Geology and Palaeontology of Queensland and New Guinea. Publications of the Geological Survey of Queensland 92:1-768 DOI ↗