Platypterygiinae

Platypterygiinae is an extinct subfamily of ophthalmosaurid thunnosaur ichthyosaurs from the early Late Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous of Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Currently, the oldest known platypterygiine is Brachypterygius. Platypterygiines were characterized by square tooth roots in cross-section, an extremely reduced extracondylar area of the basioccipital, prominent dorsal and ventral trochanters on humerus and ischiopubis lacking an obturator foramen.

Platypterygiinae

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On record

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

Time the record covers

At least 48 million years on record.

The record covers at least 149.2 Mya to 100.5 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 161.5 Mya to 66 Mya.

Middle Jurassic — about 0 of 106 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 14 of 106 occurrencesLate JurassicEarly Cretaceous — about 73 of 106 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 19 of 106 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 0 of 106 occurrences163–160 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences160–157 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences157–153 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences153–150 Mya — about 1 occurrence150–147 Mya — about 4 occurrences147–144 Mya — about 7 occurrences144–140 Mya — about 2 occurrences140–137 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences137–134 Mya — about 2 occurrences134–130 Mya — about 2 occurrences130–127 Mya — about 2 occurrences127–124 Mya — about 3 occurrences124–120 Mya — about 4 occurrences120–117 Mya — about 3 occurrences117–114 Mya — about 2 occurrences114–110 Mya — about 7 occurrences110–107 Mya — about 7 occurrences107–104 Mya — about 18 occurrences104–101 Mya — about 22 occurrences101–97 Mya — about 9 occurrences97–94 Mya — about 9 occurrences94–91 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences91–87 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences87–84 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences84–81 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences81–77 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences77–74 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences74–71 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences71–67 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences67–64 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences149.2 Mya100.5 Mya163 Mya64 Mya

106 occurrences of Platypterygiinae on record, most of them in the Early Cretaceous. 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

106 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

33 formations

Toolebuc — 20.00°S, 141.00°EToolebuc — 22.92°S, 140.58°EToolebuc — 20.84°S, 144.20°EToolebuc — 20.88°S, 143.80°EToolebuc — 20.87°S, 143.58°EToolebuc — 20.00°S, 141.18°EToolebuc — 23.12°S, 140.58°EToolebuc — 23.27°S, 140.51°EWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 52.20°N, 0.13°EWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 52.04°N, 0.15°WWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 51.08°N, 1.18°EWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 52.13°N, 0.04°EWest Melbury Marly Chalk — 51.16°N, 1.24°EZapata — 51.11°S, 73.30°WMarnes bleues — 44.18°N, 5.90°EMarnes bleues — 44.33°N, 5.17°EMarnes bleues — 44.21°N, 6.47°EVaca Muerta — 39.19°S, 69.67°WVaca Muerta — 38.11°S, 70.50°WGault — 51.08°N, 1.18°ELoon River — 60.02°N, 116.95°WKimmeridge Clay — 50.62°N, 2.13°WKimmeridge Clay — 52.64°N, 0.37°EMowry Shale — 44.02°N, 104.47°WMowry Shale — 44.23°N, 104.69°WSolnhofen — 48.88°N, 10.95°ESolnhofen — 48.87°N, 10.97°EKarai — 11.10°N, 78.90°EPaja — 5.47°N, 73.53°WKiowa Shale — 37.28°N, 99.67°WApón — 10.48°N, 72.42°WMelovatka — 50.88°N, 44.74°ERio Belgrano — 47.70°S, 71.90°WSimbirskites Clay — 54.59°N, 48.42°EBelle Fourche — 44.10°N, 104.60°WWallumbilla — 30.85°S, 143.08°EAshville — 51.00°N, 106.00°WClearwater — 57.00°N, 111.67°WGrayson Marl — 32.77°N, 97.29°WAllaru Mudstone — 20.88°S, 143.80°EMelovatskaya — 50.63°N, 45.73°E

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The named rock units Platypterygiinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 9 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 31 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Platypterygiinae and its relatives

Early Cretaceous

Where Platypterygiinae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

364 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 90 sites for Platypterygiinae, 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

67 references

Each of the 106 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. 55 further references are not listed. 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

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Picture of Platypterygiinae

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No 3D scan of Platypterygiinae was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Arkhangelsky 2001