• referred to Platypterygius have been found throughout different continents, the holotype specimen was found in Germany. As Platypterygius contains multiple...
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    described as a subgenus of Platypterygius, but later work showed that it was sufficiently distinct from the type species of Platypterygius, P. platydactylus,...
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    1139/E10-028. Arkhangel’sky, M. S., 1998, On the Ichthyosaurian Genus Platypterygius: Palaeontological Journal, v. 32, n. 6, p. 611-615. Motani, Ryosuke;...
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    problem in ophthalmosaur taxonomy is presented by Platypterygius, with the type species Platypterygius platydactylus suffering from a description insufficient...
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    it to be most closely related to "Platypterygius" americanus, which probably do not belong to the genus Platypterygius. Maiaspondylus was named by Erin...
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    scapular girdle. It was assigned to the genus Platypterygius in a 2008 article. Historically, the genus Platypterygius has been treated as a catch-all wastebasket...
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    Acamptonectes and Mollesaurus. Aegirosaurus was found more closely related to Platypterygius, and thus does not belong to the Ophthalmosaurinae. The cladogram below...
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    in Platypterygius americanus, but less than the 46 in Platypterygius australis and the 50 or more in Undorosaurus, Aegirosaurus, and Platypterygius platydactylus...
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  • synonymised with Platypterygius and was not mentioned in the 2024 reappraisal of the genus. McGowan (1972) synonymised M. hauthali with Platypterygius and created...
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    in Platypterygius americanus, but less than the 46 in Platypterygius australis and the 50 or more in Cryopterygius, Aegirosaurus, and Platypterygius platydactylus...
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    related to Platypterygius and Brachypterygius. In 2012, Caypullisaurus was found to be most closely related to Athabascasaurus and "Platypterygius" australis...
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    distribution. All fossils from this period were referred to a single genus: Platypterygius. This last ichthyosaur genus was thought to have become extinct early...
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    Ophthalmosauridae, Ophthalmosaurinae and Platypterygiinae. Ophthalmosaurus and Platypterygius were found to be non-monophyletic. Ophthalmosauridae was characterized...
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  • species as phylogenetically distant from species belonging to the genus Platypterygius, and consider Myobradypterygius to be a distinct genus. Pardo-Pérez...
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    for the first time by Fischer et al. (2012) as "all taxa closer to Platypterygius hercynicus than to Ophthalmosaurus icenicus". The cladogram below follows...
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    the larger specimen. In the same formation the fossil ichthyosaurs Platypterygius sachicarum and Muiscasaurus catheti and the brachiosaur Padillasaurus...
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    Desmatochelys Kronosaurus Leivanectes Leyvachelys Muiscasaurus Padillasaurus Platypterygius Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus Arcabuco Fm. Dinosaur tracks Valle...
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    interpreted as being attacked or scavenged by an ichthyosaur] (most likely Platypterygius). While very little is known about pterosaur reproduction, it is believed...
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    Desmatochelys Kronosaurus Leivanectes Leyvachelys Muiscasaurus Padillasaurus Platypterygius Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus Arcabuco Fm. Dinosaur tracks Valle...
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    Sumpalla Sveltonectes Undorosaurus Platypterygiinae Caypullisaurus Kyhytysuka Leninia Maiaspondylus Platypterygius Plutoniosaurus Simbirskiasaurus Sisteronia...
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    1139/E10-028. Arkhangelsky M. S. (1998). "On the Ichthyosaurian Genus Platypterygius". Paleontological Journal. 32 (6): 611–615. Böttcher R (1989). "Über...
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    ichthyosaurs (e.g. Ophthalmosaurus). Brachypterygius is closely related to Platypterygius and Caypullisaurus. Owen (1840) erected Ichthyosaurus trigonus based...
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    Desmatochelys Kronosaurus Leivanectes Leyvachelys Muiscasaurus Padillasaurus Platypterygius Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus Arcabuco Fm. Dinosaur tracks Valle...
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  • ophthalmosaurid lineage that included Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus and Platypterygius (but not Ophthalmosaurus). Valentin Fischer, Michael W. Maisch, Darren...
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    Sumpalla Sveltonectes Undorosaurus Platypterygiinae Caypullisaurus Kyhytysuka Leninia Maiaspondylus Platypterygius Plutoniosaurus Simbirskiasaurus Sisteronia...
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    reptiles: the mosasaurs Platecarpus and Clidastes, and the ichthyosaurs Ophthalmosaurus and Platypterygius. From The Osteology of the Reptiles (1925)...
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    Ichthyosaurus australis, which today seems to be placed in the genus Platypterygius. However, the particular dentition of this specimen quickly makes it...
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    from Albian to Cenomanian (Cretaceous). In 2008, this animal was named Platypterygius ochevi, after the paleozoologist and professor Vitalii Ochev. In 2020...
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    2011 and the other in 2012, found it to be most closely related to "Platypterygius" australis, and to nest within Platypterygiinae. The following cladogram...
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  • striations, whereas in similar ichthyosaurs as Pervushovisaurus and Platypterygius had more robust teeth and grooves in the enamel. Muiscasaurus was described...
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