A prevalence of Arthropterygius (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic—earliest Cretaceous of the Boreal Realm

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Nikolay G. Zverkov, Natalya E. Prilepskaya
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2019
• Subjects: Ophthalmosauridae; Late Jurassic; Arthropterygius; Berriassian; Ichthyosauria; Palaeobiogeography; Medicine; R; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic; Franz Josef Land; Svalbard; Lundi
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6799; https://doaj.org/article/42b537fa51a74dc99850209b2b5a4b5c

The ichthyosaur genus Arthropterygius Maxwell, 2010 is considered as rare and poorly known. However, considering the existing uncertainty regarding its position in respect to ophthalmosaurid subfamilies in recent phylogenies, it is among the key taxa for understanding the evolution of derived Late J...