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Another reptile groupIchthyosaurCarnivore

Arthropterygius

Dolphin-shaped sea reptiles: fast swimmers with huge eyes that gave birth to live young at sea instead of laying eggs on land.

Who it is related to: A branch of reptiles separate from the dinosaurs; exactly where it sits on the family tree is still debated.

This page has only the scientific data from the databases; there is no hand-written description yet.

Scientific details

Group
Ichthyosaurs
Family
Ophthalmosauridae
When it lived
143.1–161.5 million years ago
Geologic stages
Oxfordian – Tithonian
Named by
Maxwell, 2010
Fossil occurrences
8 sites

Countries with fossils

  • Argentina
  • Canada
  • Norway
  • Russia

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata