Species
Valid Extinct

Platypterygius australis

(McCoy 1867)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
17
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
Baracromia Unranked clade
Ophthalmosauridae Family
Platypterygiinae Subfamily
Platypterygius Genus
Platypterygius australis Species
Fossil sites 17 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
17
Geological formations
Allaru Mudstone
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
17
Synonyms (3)
Myopterygius australis subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Myopterygius marathonensis subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Platypterygius longmani subjective synonym of Platypterygius australis
Bibliography
Original description
F. McCoy. 1867. On the occurrence of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 19:355-356
Bibliography (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 ↗