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Ophthalmothule
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ophthalmothule (meaning "eye of the north"), was a cryptoclidid plesiosaur dating to the latest Volgian (around the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary), found in the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte of the Agardhfjellet Formation in Spitsbergen. The type species is O. cryostea.[1]
Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type species ...
Ophthalmothule | |
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Quarry map (A) and reconstruction (B) of holotype skeleton | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Cryptoclididae |
Genus: | †Ophthalmothule Roberts et al., 2020 |
Type species | |
†Ophthalmothule cryostea Roberts et al., 2020 |
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