Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art

M. W. Maisch

2010

Article

Palaeodiversity 3:151-214

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Barracudasauroides
• Besanosauridae
• Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis
• Californosauridae
• Cymbospondylus nichollsi
• Guanlingsauridae
• Hauffiopteryx typicus
• Hudsonelpidiidae
• Macgowaniidae
• Mixosauria
• Mixosauria
• Ochevia
• Ochevia alekseevi
• Omphalosaurus merriami
• Omphalosaurus peyeri
• Parvinatatoridae
• Shonisauridae
• Suevoleviathanidae
• Temnodontosaurus crassimanus
• Thaisauridae
• Tholodus
• Tholodus schmidi
• Wimaniidae

Taxonomy:

• Temnodontosaurus crassimanus belongs to Temnodontosaurus - Blake (1876)
• Platypterygius sachicarum belongs to Platypterygius - Paramo (1997)
• Omphalosaurus peyeri belongs to Omphalosaurus - Maisch and Lehmann (2002)
• Cymbospondylus nichollsi belongs to Cymbospondylus - Frobisch et al. (2006)
• Thaisauridae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Thaisaurus belongs to Thaisauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Thaisaurus chonglakmanii belongs to Thaisaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Utatsusauridae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Utatsusaurus belongs to Utatsusauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Utatsusaurus hataii belongs to Utatsusaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Grippiidae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Grippia belongs to Grippiidae - Maisch (2010)
• Grippia longirostris belongs to Grippia - Maisch (2010)
• Chaohusaurus belongs to Grippiidae - Maisch (2010)
• Chaohusaurus geishanensis belongs to Chaohusaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Quasianosteosauridae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Quasianosteosaurus belongs to Quasianosteosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Quasianosteosaurus vikinghoegdai belongs to Quasianosteosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Parvinatatoridae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Parvinatator belongs to Parvinatatoridae - Maisch (2010)
• Parvinatator wapitiensis belongs to Parvinatator - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosauridae belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosaurus belongs to Omphalosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosaurus nevadanus belongs to Omphalosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosaurus nettarhynchus belongs to Omphalosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosaurus wolfi belongs to Omphalosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Omphalosaurus merriami belongs to Omphalosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Tholodus belongs to Omphalosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Tholodus schmidi belongs to Tholodus - Maisch (2010)
• Xinminosaurus belongs to Omphalosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Xinminosaurus catactes belongs to Xinminosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Isfjordosaurus belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Isfjordosaurus minor belongs to Isfjordosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Hueneosauria belongs to Ichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Wimaniidae belongs to Mixosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Wimanius belongs to Wimaniidae - Maisch (2010)
• Wimanius odontopalatus belongs to Wimanius - Maisch (2010)
• Mixosaurinae belongs to Mixosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Mixosaurus cornalianus belongs to Mixosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Mixosaurus kuhnschnyderi belongs to Mixosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Phalarodontinae belongs to Mixosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Phalarodon fraasi belongs to Phalarodon - Maisch (2010)
• Phalarodon major belongs to Phalarodon - Maisch (2010)
• Contectopalatus belongs to Phalarodontinae - Maisch (2010)
• Barracudasauroides panxianensis belongs to Barracudasauroides - Maisch (2010)
• Longipinnati belongs to Hueneosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Toretocnemidae belongs to Longipinnati - Maisch (2010)
• Toretocnemus californicus belongs to Toretocnemus - Maisch (2010)
• Toretocnemus zitteli belongs to Toretocnemus - Maisch (2010)
• Qianichthyosaurus belongs to Toretocnemidae - Maisch (2010)
• Qianichthyosaurus zhoui belongs to Qianichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Cymbospondylidae belongs to Longipinnati - Maisch (2010)
• Cymbospondylus belongs to Cymbospondylidae - Maisch (2010)
• Cymbospondylus piscosus belongs to Cymbospondylus - Maisch (2010)
• Cymbospondylus petrinus belongs to Cymbospondylus - Maisch (2010)
• Cymbospondylus buchseri belongs to Cymbospondylus - Maisch (2010)
• Phantomosaurus belongs to Cymbospondylidae - Maisch (2010)
• Phantomosaurus neubigi belongs to Phantomosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Merriamosauria belongs to Longipinnati - Maisch (2010)
• Merriamosauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Pessopteryx belongs to Merriamosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Pessopteryx nisseri belongs to Pessopteryx - Maisch (2010)
• Besanosaurus belongs to Besanosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Besanosaurus leptorhynchus belongs to Besanosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Shastasauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Shastasaurus pacificus belongs to Shastasaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Shastasaurus alexandrae belongs to Shastasaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Shonisauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Himalayasaurus belongs to Shonisauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Himalayasaurus tibetensis belongs to Himalayasaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Guizhouichthyosaurus belongs to Shonisauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae belongs to Guizhouichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Guanlingsauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Guanlingsaurus liangae belongs to Guanlingsaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Mikadocephalus belongs to Guanlingsauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Californosauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Californosaurus belongs to Californosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Californosaurus perrini belongs to Californosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Callawayia belongs to Californosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Callawayia neoscapularis belongs to Callawayia - Maisch (2010)
• Parvipelvia belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Hudsonelpidiidae belongs to Parvipelvia - Maisch (2010)
• Macgowaniidae belongs to Parvipelvia - Maisch (2010)
• Temnodontosauridae belongs to Neoichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Temnodontosaurus platyodon belongs to Temnodontosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Temnodontosaurus trigonodon belongs to Temnodontosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Temnodontosaurus nuertingensis belongs to Temnodontosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Temnodontosaurus eurycephalus belongs to Temnodontosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Leptonectidae belongs to Neoichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Ichthyosaurus acutirostris belongs to Ichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Leptonectes solei belongs to Leptonectes - Maisch (2010)
• Leptonectes moorei belongs to Leptonectes - Maisch (2010)
• Suevoleviathanidae belongs to Neoichthyosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Suevoleviathan integer belongs to Suevoleviathan - Maisch (2010)
• Ichthyosauridae belongs to Thunnosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Ichthyosaurus intermedius belongs to Ichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Ichthyosaurus breviceps belongs to Ichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Ichthyosaurus conybeari belongs to Ichthyosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Stenopterygiidae belongs to Thunnosauria - Maisch (2010)
• Stenopterygius triscissus belongs to Stenopterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Stenopterygius uniter belongs to Stenopterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Ophthalmosaurus yasykovi belongs to Ophthalmosaurus - Maisch (2010)
• Brachypterygius mordax belongs to Brachypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Brachypterygius pseudoscythicus belongs to Brachypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Nannopterygius belongs to Ophthalmosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Ochevia alekseevi belongs to Ochevia - Maisch (2010)
• Ochevia belongs to Ophthalmosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Brachypterygius cantabrigiensis belongs to Brachypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Nannopterygius enthekiodon belongs to Nannopterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius platydactylus belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius hauthali belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius americanus belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius kiprijanoffi belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius bedengensis belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Platypterygius ochevi belongs to Platypterygius - Maisch (2010)
• Barracudasauroides belongs to Mixosauridae - Maisch (2010)
• Besanosauridae belongs to Merriamosauria - Maisch (2010)