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A Problem of Naming of the Families of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs

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Revised definitions of the families Ophthalmosauridae Baur, 1887 and Platypterygiidae Bardet, 1995 are provided. These families are combined into a group Ophthalmosauria Motani, 1999. The families Undorosauridae Efimov, 1999 and Brachypterygiidae Cortes, Maxwell et Larsson 2021 are junior synonyms of Platypterygiidae Bardet, 1995. Phylogenetic entries for the clades Ophthalmosauria, Ophthalmosauridae and Platypterygiidae are provided in accordance with the International Code of Phylogenetic Nomenclature.

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Zverkov, N.G. A Problem of Naming of the Families of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs. Paleontol. J. 56, 463–470 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030122040141

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