Ophthalmosaurus icenicus

Ophthalmosaurus icenicus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
OphthalmosaurusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Ichthyosauria
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Ichthyopterygia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ichthyosauria
Environment
marinePBDB, for Ichthyosauria

Time the record covers

At least 12 million years on record.

The record covers at least 161.5 Mya to 149.2 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 165.3 Mya to 145.06 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 3 of 5 occurrencesMiddle JurassicLate Jurassic — about 2 of 5 occurrencesLate Jurassic166–165 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences165–164 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences164–164 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences164–163 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences163–162 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences162–162 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences162–161 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161–160 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences160–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–159 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences159–158 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences158–157 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences157–157 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences157–156 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences156–155 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences155–154 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences150–149 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences149–148 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences148–147 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences147–147 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences147–146 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences146–145 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences145–145 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences161.5 Mya149.2 Mya165.8 Mya144.6 Mya

5 occurrences of Ophthalmosaurus icenicus on record. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

5 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

2 formations

Oxford Clay — 52.57°N, 0.23°WLa Caja — 25.04°N, 100.95°W

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The named rock units Ophthalmosaurus icenicus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 1 occurrence has no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Found in the same rock

49 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 5 sites for Ophthalmosaurus icenicus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

5 references

Each of the 5 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Ophthalmosaurus icenicus

Source
GBIF
Credit
via GBIF
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Ophthalmosaurus icenicus · nhmuk:pal:PV R 389

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Seeley 1874