Ophthalmothule, the Glossary
Ophthalmothule (meaning "eye of the north"), was a cryptoclidid plesiosaur dating to the latest Volgian (around the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary), found in the Slottsmøya Member Lagerstätte of the Agardhfjellet Formation in Spitsbergen.[1]
Table of Contents
11 relations: Abyssosaurus, Agardhfjellet Formation, Berriasian, Boreal ecosystem, Cretaceous, Cryptoclididae, Jurassic, Lagerstätte, Plesiosaur, Spitsbergen, Tithonian.
- Agardhfjellet Formation
- Cryptoclidids
- Fossils of Svalbard
- Jurassic Norway
- Plesiosaurs of Europe
- Tithonian life
Abyssosaurus
Abyssosaurus is an extinct genus of cryptoclidid plesiosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Chuvash Republic, western Russia. Ophthalmothule and Abyssosaurus are cryptoclidids, plesiosaur stubs and Sauropterygian genera.
See Ophthalmothule and Abyssosaurus
Agardhfjellet Formation
The Agardhfjellet Formation is a geologic formation in Svalbard, Norway. Ophthalmothule and Agardhfjellet Formation are Jurassic Norway.
See Ophthalmothule and Agardhfjellet Formation
Berriasian
In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous.
See Ophthalmothule and Berriasian
Boreal ecosystem
A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° and 70°N latitude.
See Ophthalmothule and Boreal ecosystem
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
See Ophthalmothule and Cretaceous
Cryptoclididae
Cryptoclididae is a family of medium-sized plesiosaurs that existed from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Ophthalmothule and Cryptoclididae are cryptoclidids and plesiosaur stubs.
See Ophthalmothule and Cryptoclididae
Jurassic
The Jurassic is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya.
See Ophthalmothule and Jurassic
Lagerstätte
A Fossil-Lagerstätte (from Lager 'storage, lair' Stätte 'place'; plural Lagerstätten) is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues.
See Ophthalmothule and Lagerstätte
Plesiosaur
The Plesiosauria (Greek: πλησίος, plesios, meaning "near to" and ''sauros'', meaning "lizard") or plesiosaurs are an order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia.
See Ophthalmothule and Plesiosaur
Spitsbergen
Spitsbergen (formerly known as West Spitsbergen; Norwegian: Vest Spitsbergen or Vestspitsbergen, also sometimes spelled Spitzbergen) is the largest and the only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway.
See Ophthalmothule and Spitsbergen
Tithonian
In the geological timescale, the Tithonian is the latest age of the Late Jurassic Epoch and the uppermost stage of the Upper Jurassic Series.
See Ophthalmothule and Tithonian
See also
Agardhfjellet Formation
- Agardhfjellet Formation
- Arthropterygius
- Colymbosaurus
- Djupedalia
- Janusaurus
- Keilhauia
- Nannopterygius
- Ophthalmothule
- Palvennia
- Pliosaurus
- Spitrasaurus
Cryptoclidids
- Abyssosaurus
- Colymbosaurus
- Cryptoclididae
- Cryptoclidus
- Djupedalia
- Kimmerosaurus
- Muraenosaurus
- Opallionectes
- Ophthalmothule
- Pantosaurus
- Picrocleidus
- Plesiopterys
- Spitrasaurus
- Tatenectes
- Tricleidus
- Vinialesaurus
Fossils of Svalbard
- Acrolepis
- Arctoptychites
- Aristoptychites
- Arthropterygius
- Axelia
- Birgeria
- Bobasatrania
- Boreosomus
- Carolinites
- Cheirolepis
- Colymbosaurus
- Daxatina
- Djupedalia
- Frechites
- Globampyx
- Isfjordosaurus
- Janusaurus
- Keilhauia
- Mylacanthus
- Nannopterygius
- Ophthalmothule
- Palvennia
- Parapopanoceras
- Pliosaurus
- Pygopterus
- Pytine
- Sassenia
- Saurichthys
- Scanilepis
- Scleracanthus
- Spitrasaurus
- Svalbardites
- Svalbardosaurus
- Trinodus
- Ussurites
- Valhalloceras
- Wimania
Jurassic Norway
- Adventdalen Group
- Agardhfjellet Formation
- Colymbosaurus
- Djupedalia
- Heather Formation
- Leptolepis
- Ophthalmothule
- Palvennia
- Pliosaurus
- Ramså Formation
- Spitrasaurus
Plesiosaurs of Europe
- Alexeyisaurus
- Bobosaurus
- Lagenanectes
- Makhaira rossica
- Ophthalmothule
- Thalassiodracon
- Thalassophonea
Tithonian life
- Alcmonavis
- Ardeadactylus
- Arthropterygius
- Aulacosphinctes
- Aulacostephanus
- Aulasimoceras
- Aurorazhdarcho
- Behemoth (ammonite)
- Bihenduloceras
- Blanfordiceras
- Burkesuchus
- Caypullisaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Chilesaurus
- Compsognathus
- Dinheirosaurus
- Djupedalia
- Draconyx
- Fujianvenator
- Galvesaurus
- Gengasaurus
- Glottoptychinites
- Haploceras
- Hemilytoceras
- Herbstosaurus
- Ichthyokentema
- Janusaurus
- Jonoichthys
- Kachpurites
- Krokolithes
- Lusognathus
- Lusotitan
- Lusovenator
- Nannopterygius
- Ophthalmothule
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
- Palvennia
- Pandoravenator
- Pectinatites
- Petrodactyle
- Saurophaganax
- Sericodon
- Suchoolithus
- Tehuelchesaurus
- Torvosaurus
- Umiaites
- Wenupteryx
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmothule
Also known as Ophthalmothule cryostea.