Myobradypterygius

Myobradypterygius
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~145–125 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Ichthyosauria
Family: Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: Myobradypterygius
von Huene, 1927
Type species
Myobradypterygius hauthali
von Huene, 1927
Synonyms

Myobradypterygius is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian-Hauterivian) of Argentina[1] and possibly also Chile.[2] One species is known, M. hauthali,[3] which was once believed to have been a species of Platypterygius.[4]

  1. ^ Campos, L.; Fernández, M. S.; Bosio, V.; Herrera, Y.; Manzo, A. (2024). "Revalidation of Myobradypterygius hauthali Huene, 1927 and the phylogenetic signal within the ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) forefins". Cretaceous Research. 157. 105818. Bibcode:2024CrRes.15705818C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105818.
  2. ^ Stinnesbeck, W.; Frey, E.; Rivas, L.; Perez, J. P.; Cartes, M. L.; Soto, C. S.; Lobos, P. Z. (2014-05-22). "A Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur graveyard in deep marine slope channel deposits at Torres del Paine National Park, southern Chile". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 126 (9–10): 1317–1339. Bibcode:2014GSAB..126.1317S. doi:10.1130/b30964.1. ISSN 0016-7606.
  3. ^ Huene, F. von. (1927). Beitrag zur Kenntnis mariner mesozoischer Wirbeltiere in Argentinien. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, B 1927:22-29.
  4. ^ McGowan, C. (1972). The systematics of Cretaceous ichthyosaurs with particuliar reference to the material from North America. Contributions to Geology. 1972;11:9–29.