Recent descriptions of new taxa and recognition of survivorship of Jurassic genera across
the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary bring the total number of Cretaceous ichthyosaur genera …

Background Ichthyosaurs are reptiles that inhabited the marine realm during most of the
Mesozoic. Their Cretaceous representatives have traditionally been considered as the last …

Early Cretaceous ichthyosaur diversity has markedly increased in recent years with the
discovery of new taxa in the field and in museum collections. This has led to new characters …

A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur, Thalassodraco etchesi gen. et sp. nov., from the Upper
Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay Formation of Dorset, UK is described. The specimen, a partial …

The deposits of ancient sediment-routing systems in basins adjacent to the Andes offer key
perspectives into the geologic evolution of South America, and can provide insight into basin …

An ichthyosaurian skeletal remains assigned to the genera Arthropterygius and
Ophthalmosaurus are described from the Volgian deposits of the Komi Republic and Nenets …

In spite of a fossil record spanning over 150 million years, pelvic girdle evolution in
Ichthyopterygia is poorly known. Here, we examine pelvic girdle size relationships using …

Platypterygius sachicarum is one of the few Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaurian species
described from the Hauterivian–Aptian-aged Paja Formation, the most complete Lower …

In the last decade, several new Cretaceous ichthyosaurs have been described and/or
redescribed, challenging the traditional concept that, during the Cretaceous, ichthyosaurs …

Remnants of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs recently discovered in the vicinity of the Tyndall
Glacier in the Torres del Paine National Park of southern Chile are extremely abundant and …