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WYOMING

FREMONT COUNTY

DAWSON CREEK BASIN

SUNDANCE FORMATION (SAURANODON BEDS, BAPTANODON BEDS)

OXFORDIAN STAGE

LOWER MALM EPOCH

LATE JURASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

NEODIAPSIDA: INCERTAE SEDIS

OR AMNIOTA: INCERTAE SEDIS

MAGANORDER: ICHTHYOPTERYGIA BAUR, 1887 emend nova

SUPERORDER: EOICHTHYOSAURIA MOTANI, 1999

GRANDORDER: ICHTHYOSAURIA EMEND BLAINVILLE, 1835

MICRORDER: LONGIPINNATI HUENE, 1948

ORDER: MERRIAMOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999

SUBORDER: EUICHTHYOSAURIA MONTANI, 1999

INFRAORDER: PARVIPELVIA MONTANI, 1999

PARVORDER: NEOICHTHYOSAURIA SANDER, 2000

Superfamily: OPHTHALMOSAURIDEA Seeley, 1874

Family: OPTHALMOSAURIDAE Seeley, 1874

Ophthalmosaurus natans
= *Baptanodon reedi
= Ophthalmosaurus reedi

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