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List of ichthyosauromorph genera
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This list of ichthyosauromorphs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the clade Ichthyosauromorpha, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered ichthyopterygian. Non-ichthyosaur ichthyopterygians shall be noted as such. This list contains **** genera.
Scope and terminology
There is no official, canonical list of ichthyosauromorph genera but one of the most thorough attempts can be found at the "Ichthyosauromorpha" section of Mikko Haaramo's Phylogeny Archive.
Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Technical terms used include:
- Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
- Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen. In this case, these nomina nuda will be deleted from this list in favor of the published name.
- Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
- Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features. As this can be an extremely subjective and controversial designation, this term is not used on this list.
The list
| Genus | Authors | Year | Status | Age | Location | Notes | Images | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| author=Fischer,V. | author2=Maisch, M.W. | author3=Naish, D. | author4=Kosma, R. | author5=Liston, J. | author6=Joger, U. | author7=Krüger, F.J. | author8=Pérez,J.P. | author9=Tainsh, J. | author10=Appleby, R.M. | year=2012 | title=New Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous Demonstrate Extensive Ichthyosaur Survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=7 | issue=1 | article-number=e29234 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0029234 | pmid=22235274 | pmc=3250416 | bibcode=2012PLoSO...729234F | doi-access=free }} | Fischer et al. | 2012 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Germany | ||||||||||||||||
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| (England) | Possessed an unusually rigid trunk, which would make the extent of its lateral locomotion very limited | [[File:Acamptonectes NT.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Actiosaurus | Sauvage | 1883 | Dubious | Late Triassic | France | While originally described as a dinosaur and later reinterpreted as an ichthyosaur, it may actually represent a choristodere | [[File:Actiosaurus.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author1=Jair Israel Barrientos Lara | author2=Jesús Alvarado Ortega | author3=Marta S.Fernández | year=2020 | title=Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico | journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences | volume=98 | article-number=102456 | doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2019.102456 | bibcode=2020JSAES..9802456B | s2cid=213102661 }} | Barrientos-Lara & Alvarado-Ortega | 2020 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Mexico | Known from a partial limbless skeleton with a well-preserved skull | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1 = Bardet | first1 = N | last2 = Fernández | first2 = M | year = 2000 | title = A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria | journal = Journal of Paleontology | volume = 74 | issue = 3 | pages = 503–511 | doi=10.1666/0022-3360(2000)0742.0.co;2 | s2cid = 131190803 | url = http://doc.rero.ch/record/14941/files/PAL_E2088.pdf }} | Bardet & Fernández | 2000 | Valid | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | Four of its caudal vertebrae made its tail to bend roughly 45° downwards | [[File:Unnamed ichthyosaur Blumenberg.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anhuisaurus | Chen | 1985 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Preoccupied by lizard genus Anhuisaurus (Hou, 1974). Junior synonym of Chaohusaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Miedema | first1=Feiko | last2=Bastiaans | first2=Dylan | last3=Scheyer | first3=Torsten M. | last4=Klug | first4=Christian | last5=Maxwell | first5=Erin E. | date=2024-03-16 | title=A large new Middle Jurassic ichthyosaur shows the importance of body size evolution in the origin of the Ophthalmosauria | journal=BMC Ecology and Evolution | volume=24 | issue=1 | page=34 | doi=10.1186/s12862-024-02208-3 | pmid=38493100 | doi-access=free | issn=2730-7182 | pmc=10944604 }} | Miedema et al. | 2024 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Switzerland | May have preserved traumatic injuries based on abnormalities in its skeleton | [[File:Argovisaurus Life Restoration.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||
| Arthropterygius | Maxwell | 2010 | Valid | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous? | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | Its rostrum was relatively short and robust | [[File:Arthropterygius Scale.svg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Athabascasaurus | Druckenmiller & Maxwell | 2010 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Canada | The holotype was discovered at an oilsand mine | [[File:Athabascasaurus bitumineus holotype.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Zverkov | first1=N.G. | last2=Grivoriev | first2=D.V. | last3=Wolnievicz | first3=A.S. | last4=Konstantinov | first4=A.G. | last5=Sobolev | first5=E.S. | year=2021 | title=Ichthyosaurs from the Upper Triassic (Carnian–Norian) of the New Siberian Islands, Russian Arctic, and their implications for the evolution of the ichthyosaurian basicranium and vertebral column | journal= Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | volume=113 | pages=51–74 | doi=10.1017/S1755691021000372 | s2cid=245153589 }} | Zverkov et al. | 2021 | Valid | Late Triassic | Russia | Suggested to be a small-bodied animal although its exact ontogenetic stage is uncertain due to fragmentary remains | |||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Ren | first1=Jicheng | last2=Jiang | first2=Haishui | last3=Xiang | first3=Kunpeng | last4=Sullivan | first4=Corwin | last5=He | first5=Yongzhong | last6=Cheng | first6=Long | last7=Han | first7=Fenglu | date=2022-04-07 | title=A new basal ichthyosauromorph from the Lower Triassic (Olenekian) of Zhebao, Guangxi Autonomous Region, South China | journal=PeerJ | language=en | volume=10 | article-number=e13209 | doi=10.7717/peerj.13209 | issn=2167-8359 | pmc=8995025 | pmid=35415016 | doi-access=free }} | Ren et al. | 2022 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Very similar to Utatsusaurus | [[File:Baisesaurus (holotype, CUGW VH107).png | 200px]] | |||||||||
| Baptanodon | Marsh | 1880 | Valid | Late Jurassic | United States | Formerly erroneously thought to have been toothless | [[File:Gilmore Notes on Osteology of Baptanodon Plate XXXVI.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barracudasauroides | Maisch | 2010 | Valid | Middle Triassic | China | Only known from a partial skeleton originally referred to Mixosaurus | [[File:Barracudasauroides NT.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barracudasaurus | Jiang et al. | 2005 | Dubious | Middle Triassic | China | Its premaxillary teeth were rounded in cross-section | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Besanosaurus | Dal Sasso & Pinna | 1996 | Valid | Middle Triassic | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | May have had strong jaw muscles as indicated by its skull bones | [[File:BesanosaurusDB15.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (entry on Reptilia) | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 | page=560 | year = 2002 | url = http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=663&rank=class | access-date = 2008-09-28}} | von Huene | 1922 | Valid | Late Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Closely related to Platypterygius and Caypullisaurus | [[File:Brachypterygius NT small.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Californosaurus | Kuhn | 1934 | Valid | Middle Triassic to Late Triassic | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Originally named as a species of Shastasaurus | [[File:Californosaurus2 NT small.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Callawayia | Maische & Matzke | 2000 | Valid | Late Triassic | Canada | The morphology of its scapulae was more similar to those of Jurassic ichthyosaurs than to other Triassic taxa | [[File:Callawayia SW.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cartorhynchus | Motani et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Represents a sudden diversification of marine reptiles that occurred shortly after the Permian-Triassic extinction event | [[File:Cartorhynchus NT.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catutosaurus | Fernández et al. | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Argentina | Represented by at least three fragmentary specimens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caypullisaurus | Fernández | 1997 | Valid | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | Argentina | Each of its forelimbs contained ten digits | [[File:Caypullisaurus Dak1.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last = Haaramo | first = Mikko | title = Euichthyosauria | work = Mikko's Phylogeny Archive | date=11 March 2004 | url = http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/reptilia/ichthyosauromorpha/euichthyosauria.html | access-date = 9 October 2008}} | Fernández | 1994 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Argentina | Inconsistent in phylogenetic placement | [[File:Chacaicosaurus_SW.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chaohusaurus | Young & Dong | 1972 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | One specimen preserves the remains of two embryos and a neonate | [[File:Chaohusaurus BW.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chensaurus | Mazin et al. | 1991 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Chaohusaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chonespondylus | Leidy | 1868 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Cymbospondylus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1 = Maisch | last2 = Matzke | first2 = A. T. | year = 2000 | title = The mixosaurid ichthyosaur Contectopalatus from the Middle Triassic of the German Basin | journal = Lethaia | volume = 33 | issue = 2 | pages = 71–74 | doi=10.1080/00241160050150186 | bibcode = 2000Letha..33...71M }} | Maische & Matzke | 1998 | Jr. synonym? | N/A | N/A | Possibly a junior synonym of Phalarodon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Patrick S. Druckenmiller | author2=Jørn H. Hurum | author3=Espen M. Knutsen | author4=Hans Arne Nakrem | name-list-style=amp | year=2012 | title=Two new ophthalmosaurids (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic: Volgian/Tithonian), Svalbard, Norway | journal=Norwegian Journal of Geology | volume=92 | issue=2–3 | pages=311–339 | url=https://njg.geologi.no/images/NJG_articles/NJG_2_3_2012_17_Druckenmiller_etal_Pr.pdf }} | Druckenmiller et al. | 2012 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Undorosaurus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cymbospondylus | Leidy | 1868 | Valid | Early Triassic to Middle Triassic | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Lacked a dorsal fin and fluked tail, which would suggest it probably swam by wriggling its body from side to side like a modern sea snake | [[File:Cymbospondylus youngorum reconstruction 2023.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dearcmhara | Brusatte et al. | 2015 | Valid | Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Scotland) | The first ichthyosaur discovered in Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delphinosaurus | Eichwald | 1853 | Dubious | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Russia | Originally mistakenly believed to be an amphibian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eretmorhipis | Chen et al. | 2015 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Exhibited a suite of unusual features, such as relatively small eyes, a platypus-like snout, and plates on its back similar to those of stegosaurs | [[File:Eretmorhipis complete.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eternauta | Campos et al. | 2025 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Argentina | May have relied on deep-diving while hunting its prey as suggested by its preserved scleral ring | [[File:Skull of Eternauta patagonica.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eurhinosaurus | Abel | 1909 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (England) | Its upper jaw was twice as long as the lower jaw, convergent with billfish | [[File:Eurhinosaurus BW.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eurypterygius | Jaekel | 1904 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Ichthyosaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Excalibosaurus | McGowan | 1986 | Valid | Early Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | May have been a rare component of its environment as only two skeletons are known | [[File:Excalibosaurus_BW.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Massare | first1=Judy A. | last2=Edmunds | first2=Murray | last3=Morris | first3=Robert J. | last4=Poulton | first4=Terence P. | last5=En Pan | first5=Shyong | last6=Mallon | first6=Jordan C. | date=June 2025 | title=The most complete Early Jurassic ichthyosaur from North America | journal=Paludicola | publisher=Rochester Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume=15 | issue=2 | pages=86–99 | language=en | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392596228}} | Massare et al. | 2025 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Canada | The most complete ichthyosaur known from the Early Jurassic of North America | |||||||||||||||
| last1=Pratas e Sousa | first1=Joao | last2=Roldão | first2=Isabel | last3=Rios-Ibanez | first3=Maria | last4=Puertólas-Pascual | first4=Eduardo | date=2025 | title=A new ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic of Portugal (Iberian Peninsula) | url=https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app011992024.html | journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume=70 | issue=1 | pages=179–192 | doi=10.4202/app.01199.2024 | doi-access=free | hdl=10362/187789 | hdl-access=free }} | Pratas e Souza et al. | 2025 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Portugal | Although the majority of the cranial sutures are completely fused, which is often seen in adult ichthyosaurs, the midline suture is not fused, which would indicate the holotype belonged to either a juvenile or subadult individual | [[File:Gadusaurus (holotype, ML 2750).png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||
| Gengasaurus | Paparella et al. | 2017 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Italy | Before its formal description, it had been nicknamed the "Genga ichthyosaur" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grendelius | McGowan | 1976 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (England) | Once considered to be synonymous with Brachypterygius | [[File:Otshevia2DB.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grippia | Wiman | 1930 | Valid | Early Triassic | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Norway | Members of this genus may have swum by moving their tails laterally, similar to an eel | [[File:Grippia1DB.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guanlingsaurus | Yin et al. | 2000 | Valid | Late Triassic | China | Has been suggested to be an Asian species of Shastasaurus | [[File:Guanlingsaurus restoration.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guizhouichthyosaurus | Cao & Luo | 2000 | Valid | Middle Triassic to Late Triassic | China | Two morphotypes of skulls and limbs are known, which could be an indication of sexual dimorphism | [[File:Guizhouichthyosaurus SW.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Robin S. Cuthbertson | author2=Anthony P. Russell | author3=Jason S. Anderson | name-list-style=amp | year=2013 | title=Cranial morphology and relationships of a new grippidian (Ichthyopterygia) from the Vega-Phroso Siltstone Member (Lower Triassic) of British Columbia, Canada | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume=33 | issue=4 | pages=831–847 | doi=10.1080/02724634.2013.755989 | bibcode=2013JVPal..33..831C | s2cid=131501541 }} | Cuthbertson et al. | 2013 | Valid | Early Triassic | Canada | Originally thought to belong to either Grippia or Parvinatator | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hauffiopteryx | Maisch | 2008 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (England) | Distinguished by its short, very thin snout | [[File:Hauffiopteryx SW 1.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Himalayasaurus | Dong | 1972 | Valid | Late Triassic | China | Similarly to Thalattoarchon, its teeth possessed distinctive cutting edges | [[File:Himalayasaurus.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hudsonelpidia | McGowan | 1995 | Valid | Late Triassic | Canada | The holotype specimen is almost complete | [[File:Hudsonelpidia.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last = Haaramo | first = Mikko | title = Ichthyosauromorpha | work = Mikko's Phylogeny Archive | date=14 July 2004 | url = http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/reptilia/ichthyosauromorpha/ichthyosauromorpha.html | access-date = 9 October 2008}} | Young | 1972 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | last1=Motani | first1=Ryosuke | last2=Pyenson | first2=Nicholas D. | last3=Jiang | first3=Da-yong | year=2025 | title=Was Hupehsuchus a baleen whale-style filter feeder in the Early Triassic? A re-examination of the evidence | journal=PeerJ | volume=13 | article-number=e19666 | doi=10.7717/peerj.19666 | doi-access=free | pmc=12232927}} | [[File:Hupehsuchus.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||
| Ichthyosaurus | De la Beche & Conybeare | 1821 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (England) | The first ichthyosaur genus to be validly named and described | [[File:Ichthyosaurus BW.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Lomax | first1=D. R. | last2=de la Salle | first2=P. | last3=Perillo | first3=M. | last4=Reynolds | first4=J. | last5=Reynolds | first5=R. | last6=Waldron | first6=J. F. | title=The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK | year=2024 | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=19 | issue=4 | at=e0300289 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0300289 | doi-access=free | pmid=38630678 | pmc=11023487 | bibcode=2024PLoSO..1900289L }} | Lomax et al. | 2024 | Valid | Late Triassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| (England) | The largest ichthyosaur and marine reptile currently known | [[File:Ichthyotitan severnensis speculative restoration.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Isfjordosaurus | Motani | 1999 | Valid | Early Triassic | Norway | Named as a species of Pessopteryx before being assigned to its own genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jabalisaurus | Barrientos-Lara & Alvarado-Ortega | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Mexico | Originally believed to be a specimen of Ophthalmosaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Aubrey Jane Roberts | author2=Patrick Scott Druckenmiller | author3=Glenn-Peter Sætre | author4=Jørn Harald Hurum | name-list-style=amp | year=2014 | title=A New Upper Jurassic Ophthalmosaurid Ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=9 | issue=8 | article-number=e103152 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0103152 | pmid=25084533 | pmc=4118863 | bibcode=2014PLoSO...9j3152R | doi-access=free }} | Roberts et al. | 2014 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Norway | last1=Delsett | first1=L. L. | last2=Roberts | first2=A. J. | last3=Druckenmiller | first3=P. S. | last4=Hurum | first4=J. H. | year=2019 | title=Osteology and phylogeny of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) | journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica | volume=64 | issue=4 | pages=717–743 | doi=10.4202/app.00571.2018 | s2cid=210294877 | doi-access=free | hdl=10852/76089 | hdl-access=free}} | [[File:Janusaurus.png | 200px]] |
| last1=Болатовна | first1=Якупова Джамиля | last2=Максутович | first2=Ахмеденов Кажмурат | date=2021 | title=НОВЫЙ ВИД KAZAKHSTANOSAURUS EFIMOVI YAKUPOVA ET AKHMEDENOV SP. NOV. (ICHTHYOSAURIA, UNDOROSAURIDAE) ИЗ ВЕРХНЕЮРСКИХ ОТЛОЖЕНИЙ СРЕДНЕГО ПОВОЛЖЬЯ РОССИИ | url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/novyy-vid-kazakhstanosaurus-efimovi-yakupova-et-akhmedenov-sp-nov-ichthyosauria-undorosauridae-iz-verhneyurskih-otlozheniy-srednego | journal=Ученые записки Казанского университета. Серия Естественные науки | volume=163 | issue=2 | pages=251–263 | issn=2542-064X}} | Bolatovna & Makustovich | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Kazakhstan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | Two species are known | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keilhauia | Delsett et al. | 2017 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Norway | Can be distinguished from other ophthalmosaurids by the wide top end of the ilium and exceptionally short ischiopubis compared to the femur | [[File:Keilhauia Scale.svg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Cortés | first1=D. | last2=Maxwell | first2=E.E. | last3=Larsson | first3=H.C.E. | year=2021 | title=Re-appearance of hypercarnivore ichthyosaurs in the Cretaceous with differentiated dentition: revision of 'Platypterygius' sachicarum (Reptilia:Ichthyosauria, Ophthalmosauridae) from Colombia | journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | volume=19 | issue=14 | pages=969–1002 | doi= 10.1080/14772019.2021.1989507 | bibcode=2021JSPal..19..969C | s2cid=244512087 | doi-access=free }} | Cortés et al. | 2021 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Colombia | Formerly thought to represent a species of Platypterygius, but it was assigned to its own genus due to morphological differences | [[File:Kyhytysuka sachicarum FINAL.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||
| author=Valentin Fischer | author2=Maxim S. Arkhangelsky | author3=Gleb N. Uspensky | author4=Ilya M. Stenshin | author5=Pascal Godefroit | author5-link=Pascal Godefroit | name-list-style=amp | year=2013 | title=A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae | journal=Geological Magazine | volume=151 | issue=1 | pages=60–70 | doi=10.1017/S0016756812000994 | bibcode=2014GeoM..151...60F | doi-access=free }} | Fischer et al. | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Russia | One of the latest-surviving ophthalmosaurines | ||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Qiao | first1=Y. | last2=Iijima | first2=M. | last3=Liu | first3=J. | title=A new hupehsuchian (Reptilia: Ichthyosauromorpha) with widely spaced autopodium from the marine Lower Triassic of South China | journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology | year=2025 | volume=23 | article-number=2560884 | doi=10.1080/14772019.2025.2560884 }} | Qiao, Iijima & Liu | 2025 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Possessed unusually wide autopodia compared to other hupehsuchians | [[File:Lentamanusuchus (holotype, HFUT YZSB-19-100).png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leptocheirus | Merriam | 1903 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Toretocnemus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leptonectes | McGowan | 1996 | Valid | Late Triassic to Early Jurassic | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | One referred specimen reported from Switzerland has been found to actually belong to the related Hauffiopteryx | [[File:Leptonectes SW 1.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huene | 1929 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Leptonectes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macgowania | Motani | 1999 | Valid | Late Triassic | Canada | Originally misidentified as a species of Ichthyosaurus | [[File:Macgowania janiceps holotype (cropped).jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macropterygius | von Huene | 1922 | Dubious | Late Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Several specimens have been assigned to this genus, but only the type, a single vertebra, can confidently be referred to it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=W. Maisch | first1=Michael | last2=T. Matzke | first2=Andreas | title=Magnipterygius huenei n. gen. n. sp., a new small stenopterygiid (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Posidonienschiefer Formation of SW Germany | journal=Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen | date=2022 | volume=303 | issue=2 | pages=169–201 | doi=10.1127/njgpa/2022/1042 | s2cid=246797718 | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358495106 | access-date=10 February 2022}} | Maisch & Matzke | 2022 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Germany | Shares some features with Stenopterygius | [[File:Magnipterygius_huenei.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Maiaspondylus | Maxwell & Caldwell | 2006 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | One particular specimen proves this genus, just like other ichthyosaurs, was viviparous | [[File:Maiaspondylus.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Valentin Fischer | author2=Robert M. Appleby | author3=Darren Naish | author4=Jeff Liston | author5=James B. Riding | author6=Stephen Brindley | author7=Pascal Godefroit | name-list-style=amp | year=2013 | title=A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs | journal=Biology Letters | volume=9 | issue=4 | article-number=20130021 | doi=10.1098/rsbl.2013.0021 | pmid=23676653 | pmc=3730615}} | Fischer et al. | 2013 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Iraq | Relatively basal compared to other Cretaceous ichthyosaur taxa | [[File:Malawania.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||
| Merriamia | Boulenger | 1904 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Toretocnemus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Metashastasaurus | Nicholls & Manabe | 2001 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Callawayia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last = Haaramo | first = Mikko | title = Ichthyosauria | work = Mikko's Phylogeny Archive | date=11 March 2008 | url = http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/reptilia/ichthyosauromorpha/ichthyosauria.html | access-date = 9 October 2008}} | Maisch & Matzke | 1997 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Besanosaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixosaurus | Baur | 1887 | Valid | Middle Triassic | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | Various species have been named, but most have been considered doubtful or assigned to new genera | [[File:Mixosaurus cornalianus SW 1.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mollesaurus | Fernández | 1999 | Valid | Middle Jurassic | Argentina | The oldest known ophthalmosaurid | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muiscasaurus | Maxwell et al. | 2015 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Colombia | May have been a specialized predator that fed on small, soft prey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Myobradypterygius | von Huene | 1927 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chile? | Once thought to be a species of Platypterygius | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Myopterygius | von Huene | 1922 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Platypterygius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nanchangosaurus | Wang | 1959 | Valid | Middle Triassic | China | Its back carried bony scutes, not unlike an alligator | [[File:Nanchangosaurus.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nannopterygius | von Huene | 1922 | Valid | Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Similar to Ophthalmosaurus but with smaller flippers. Six species are recognized | [[File:Yasikovia2.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omphalosaurus | Merriam | 1906 | Valid | Early Triassic to Middle Triassic | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Its bones were relatively fast-growing as evidenced by the presence of woven-fibered bone tissue | [[File:Omphalosaurus10DB.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last = Haaramo | first = Mikko | title = Ophthalmosauria | work = Mikko's Phylogeny Archive | date=11 March 2008 | url = http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/reptilia/ichthyosauromorpha/ophthalmosauria.html | access-date = 9 October 2008}} | Seeley | 1874 | Valid | Middle Jurassic to Late Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Noted for its proportionally large eyes, which could measure between 22 - in diameter | [[File:Ophthalmosaurus icenicus updated reconstruction.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Otschevia | Efimov | 1998 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Grendelius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pachygonosaurus | von Huene | 1916 | Dubious | Middle Triassic | Poland | Only definitively known from two vertebrae | [[File:Pachygonosaurus vertebrae.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Palvennia | Druckenmiller et al. | 2012 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Norway | One study considered it to be a junior synonym of Arthropterygius, but this was not supported by later research | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panjiangsaurus | Chen & Chang | 2003 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | author1=Shang Qing-Hua | author2=Li Chun | year=2009 | title=On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling Biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China | journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica | volume=47 | issue=3 | pages=178–193 | url=http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200909/P020090917531791680790.pdf}} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parahupehsuchus | Chen et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Unlike other hupehsuchians, it possessed flat, wide ribs | [[File:Parahupehsuchus.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paraophthalmosaurus | Arkhangelsky | 1997 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Nannopterygius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parrassaurus | Barrientos-Lara & Alvarado-Ortega | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Mexico | Relatively large for an ophthalmosaurid | [[File:Parrassaurus 01.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parvinatator | Nicholls & Brinkman | 1995 | Valid | Early Triassic to Middle Triassic | Canada | The only known specimen has a badly damaged skull | [[File:Parvinatator reconstruction.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pessopteryx | Wiman | 1910 | Valid | Early Triassic | Norway | Originally known from four species, but only the type can confidently be assigned to the genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pessosaurus | Wiman | 1910 | Valid | Middle Triassic | Norway | Two species have been described | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phalarodon | Merriam | 1910 | Valid | Middle Triassic | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Mostly known from specimens consisting of cranial remains | [[File:Contectopalatus atavus.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phantomosaurus | Maisch & Matzke | 2000 | Valid | Middle Triassic | Germany | Although it was closely related to Cymbospondylus, its braincase resembled more that of other diapsids than other ichthyosaurs | [[File:Phantomosaurus cf neubigi 3.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platypterygius | von Huene | 1922 | Valid | Early Cretaceous to Late Cretaceous | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Several species have been named, but most may not be diagnostic or belong to this genus | [[File:Platypterigius longmani DB.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plutoniosaurus | Efimov | 1997 | Dubious? | Early Cretaceous | Russia | May be identical to Simbirskiasaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Proteosaurus | Home | 1819 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Ichthyosaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Protoichthyosaurus | Appleby | 1979 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Switzerland? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | last1=Lomax | first1=D.R. | author-link=Dean Lomax | last2=Massare | first2=J.A. | last3=Mistry | first3=R.T. | name-list-style=amp | year=2017 | title=The taxonomic utility of forefin morphology in Lower Jurassic ichthyosaurs: Protoichthyosaurus and Ichthyosaurus | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume=37 | issue=5 | article-number=e1361433 | doi=10.1080/02724634.2017.1361433 | s2cid=90238537 | url=https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-taxonomic-utility-of-forefin-morphology-in-lower-jurassic-ichthyosaurs-protoichthyosaurus-and-ichthyosaurus(ff48fdc1-8ea2-4b7e-9d28-e6f55825130b).html}} | [[File:Protoichthyosaurus NT.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Qianichthyosaurus | Li | 1999 | Valid | Late Triassic | China | A relatively common component of its habitat, known from remains of both juvenile and pregnant individuals | [[File:Qianichthyosaurus.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quasianosteosaurus | Maisch & Matzke | 2003 | Valid | Early Triassic | Norway | Had the largest skull of any Early Triassic ichthyosaur | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rachitrema | Sauvage | 1883 | Dubious | Late Triassic | France | Initially believed to be a dinosaur | [[File:Rachitrema.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sangiorgiosaurus | Brinkmann | 1998 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Mixosaurus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sclerocormus | Jiang et al. | 2016 | Valid | Early Triassic | China | Unusually proportioned with a heavily built trunk, long tail, and small head | [[File:Sclerocormus_small.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shastasaurus | Merriam | 1895 | Valid | Late Triassic | Canada? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | A referred species, which was one of the largest marine reptiles, estimated at 21 m long, has been suggested by several analyses to belong to either this genus or Shonisaurus | [[File:Shastasaurus pacificus restoration.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shonisaurus | Camp | 1976 | Valid | Late Triassic | United States | One of the largest ichthyosaurs yet known. State fossil of Nevada | [[File:Shonisaurus popularisDB.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simbirskia | Otschev & Efimov | 1985 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Platypterygius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simbirskiasaurus | Otschev & Efimov | 1985 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Russia | Closely related to Platypterygius | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Valentin Fischer | author2=Nathalie Bardet | author3=Myette Guiomar | author4=Pascal Godefroit | name-list-style=amp | year=2014 | title=High Diversity in Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs from Europe Prior to Their Extinction | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=9 | issue=1 | article-number=e84709 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0084709 | pmid=24465427 | pmc=3897400 | bibcode=2014PLoSO...984709F | doi-access=free }} | Fischer et al. | 2014 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | France | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Its discovery suggests a greater diversity of ichthyosaurs from Early Cretaceous Europe than previously thought | [[File:Sisteronia.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stenopterygius | Jaekel | 1904 | Valid | Early Jurassic to Middle Jurassic | France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | One well-known specimen proves that ichthyosaur infants were born tail-first, just like cetaceans, to prevent them from drowning before fully clearing the birth canal | [[File:Stenopterygius Horn Final.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Suevoleviathan | Maisch | 1998 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Germany | Had uniquely large forefins compared to other ichthyosaurs | [[File:Suevoleviathan SW 1.png | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sumpalla | Campos et al. | 2021 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Argentina | Originally thought to be a specimen of Aegirosaurus | [[File:Artistic reconstruction of Sumpalla argentina.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Svalbardosaurus | Mazin | 1981 | Dubious | Early Triassic | Norway | Although initially described as an ichthyosaur, it was later suggested to be an amphibian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sveltonectes | Fischer et al. | 2011 | Valid | Early Cretaceous | Russia | Its teeth have an unusual morphology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temnodontosaurus | Lydekker | 1889 | Valid | Early Jurassic | Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chile? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Possibly had the largest eyes of any known animal, rivaling those of a colossal squid in size | [[File:Temnodontosaurus_BW.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thaisaurus | Mazin et al. | 1991 | Valid | Early Triassic | Thailand | The first and fifth metacarpals are identical in size | [[File:Thaisaurus chonglakmanii 5.JPG | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author1=Megan L. Jacobs | author2=David M. Martill | year=2020 | title=A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic (Early Tithonian) Kimmeridge Clay of Dorset, UK, with implications for Late Jurassic ichthyosaur diversity | journal=PLOS ONE | volume=15 | issue=12 | article-number=e0241700 | doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0241700 | pmid=33296370 | pmc=7725355 | bibcode=2020PLoSO..1541700J | doi-access=free }} | Jacobs & Martill | 2020 | Valid | Late Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | May be closely related to Nannopterygius | [[File:Thalassodraco Scale.svg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author=Nadia B. Fröbisch | author2=Jörg Fröbisch | author3=P. Martin Sander | author4=Lars Schmitz | author5=Olivier Rieppel | name-list-style=amp | year=2013 | title=Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks | journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | volume= 110 | issue= 4 | doi=10.1073/pnas.1216750110 | pages=1393–1397 | pmid=23297200 | pmc=3557033 | bibcode=2013PNAS..110.1393F | doi-access=free }} | Fröbisch et al. | 2013 | Valid | Middle Triassic | United States | The apex predator of its ecosystem, filling an ecological role similar to orcas | [[File:Thalattoarchon saurophagis.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||
| Tholodus | von Meyer | 1851 | Valid | Middle Triassic | China? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mainly known from teeth and fragments of jaws | [[File:Tholodus schmidi mandible.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toretocnemus | Merriam | 1903 | Valid | Late Triassic | Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | Had very large eye sockets and narrow jugals | [[File:Toretocnemus NT.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Typicusichthyosaurus | Yin et al. | 2000 | Jr. synonym? | N/A | N/A | last1=Maisch | first1=M. W. | last2=Pan | first2=X. R. | last3=Sun | first3=Z. Y. | last4=Cai | first4=T. | last5=Zhang | first5=D. P. | last6=Xie | first6=J. L. | year=2006 | title=Cranial osteology of Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China | journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume=26 | issue=3 | pages=588–597 | doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[588:COOGTR]2.0.CO;2 | s2cid=129117115 }} | ||||||||||||||||
| Undorosaurus | Efimov | 1999 | Valid | Late Jurassic | Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | Can be distinguished from Ophthalmosaurus by characters of its ischiopubis and teeth | [[File:Ундорозавр (Ихтиозавр (Ichthyopterygia)) Музей палеонтологии. Ундоры. Ульяновская обл. Ноябрь 2013 - panoramio.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utatsusaurus | Shikama et al. | 1978 | Valid | Early Triassic | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | The earliest known ichthyopterygian | [[File:Utatsusaurus_NT_new.png | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wahlisaurus | Lomax | 2016 | Valid | Early Jurassic | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Its shoulder girdle is markedly different from that of Eurhinosaurus | [[File:Wahlisaurus NT small.jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimanius | Maisch & Matzke | 1998 | Valid | Middle Triassic | Switzerland | Has been recovered in a variety of phylogenetic positions within the Hueneosauria | [[File:Wimanius Holotype.jpg | 200px]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xinminosaurus | Jiang et al. | 2008 | Valid | Middle Triassic | China | Has been suggested to be synonymous with Tholodus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last1=Lomax | first1=Dean R. | last2=Massare | first2=Judy A. | last3=Maxwell | first3=Erin E. | date=2025-10-09 | title=A new long and narrow-snouted ichthyosaur illuminates a complex faunal turnover during an undersampled Early Jurassic (Pliensbachian) interval | journal=Papers in Palaeontology | language=en | volume=11 | issue=5 | article-number=e70038 | doi=10.1002/spp2.70038 | issn=2056-2802 | doi-access=free}} | Lomax, Massare & Maxwell | 2025 | Valid | Early Jurassic | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (England) | Probably closely related to Hauffiopteryx | [[File:Xiphodracon (holotype, ROM VP52596).jpg | 200px]] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yasykovia | Efimov | 1999 | Jr. synonym | N/A | N/A | Junior synonym of Nannopterygius |
|- |}
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