This mentioned taxonomy is an attempt to make an conclusive assignment from the different classifications of various scientists. Because the taxonomy may change due to the latest investigative methods and other findings, our map is a guide only.
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Ref.: O. Kuhn. 1946. Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien (The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles). Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29:49-67
J. I. Barrientos-Lara, 2020 - Acuetzpalin carranzai gen et sp. nov. A new ophthalmosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of Durango, North Mexico - Journal of South American Earth Sciences (), - (journal article, English)
L. Campos, 2020 - A new ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic of northwest Patagonia (Argentina) and its significance for the evolution of the narial complex of the ophthalmosaurids - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (188), 180-201 (journal article, English)
N. Klein, 2020 - A new cymbospondylid ichthyosaur (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of the Augusta Mountains, Nevada, USA - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)
J. Huang, 2019 - The new ichthyosauriform Chaohusaurus brevifemoralis (Reptilia, Ichthyosauromorpha) from Majiashan, Chaohu, Anhui Province, China - PeerJ (7), - (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2018 - Redescription of the ‘lost’ holotype of Suevoleviathan integer (Bronn, 1844) (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (38), e1439- (journal article, English)
J. A. Massare, 2018 - A taxonomic reassessment of Ichthyosaurus communis and I. intermedius and a revised diagnosis for the genus - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (16), 263-277 (journal article, English)
M. C. Herne, 2018 - A new small-bodied ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from a deep, high-energy Early Cretaceous river of the Australian-Antarctic rift system - PeerJ (5), e4113- (journal article, English)
I. Paparella, 2017 - The first ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic of the Umbrian-Marchean Apennines (Marche, Central Italy) - Geological Magazine (154), 837-858 (journal article, English)
L. L. Delsett, 2017 - A new ophthalmosaurid (Ichthyosauria) from Svalbard, Norway, and evolution of the ichthyopterygian pelvic girdle - PLoS ONE (12), e0169- (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2017 - Two new species of Ichthyosaurus from the lowermost Jurassic (Hettangian) of Somerset, England - Papers in Palaeontology (3), 1-20 (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2017 - The taxonomic utility of forefin morphology in Lower Jurassic ichthyosaurs: Protoichthyosaurus and Ichthyosaurus - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (37), e136- (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2017 - A new leptonectid ichthyosaur from the Lower Jurassic (Hettangian) of Nottinghamshire, England, UK, and the taxonomic usefulness of the ichthyosaurian coracoid - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (15), 387-401 (journal article, English)
B. C. Moon, 2017 - A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2016 - Extinction of fish-shaped marine reptiles associated with reduced evolutionary rates and global environmental volatility - Nature Communications (7), 1-11 (journal article, English)
D. Tyborowski, 2016 - A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Late Jurassic of Owadów-Brzezinki Quarry, Poland - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica (61), 791-803 (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2015 - A new ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia - Papers in Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)
N. G. Zverkov, 2015 - On the Upper Jurassic ichthyosaur remains from the Russian north - Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS (319), 81-97 (journal article, English)
D. R. Lomax, 2015 - A new species of Ichthyosaurus from the Lower Jurassic of west Dorset, England, U.K - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e903260), 1-14 (journal article, English)
S. L. Brusatte, 2015 - Ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Skye, Scotland - Scottish Journal of Geology (), - (journal article, English)
R. Motani, 2015 - Status of Chaohusaurus chaoxianensis (Chen, 1985) - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (35), e8920- (journal article, English)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 2014 - On a new ichthyosaur of the genus Undurosaurus - Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS (318), 187-196 (journal article, English)
A. J. Robert, 2014 - A new Upper Jurassic ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen - PLoS One (9), 1-24 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2014 - Simbirskiasaurus and Pervushovisaurus reassessed: implications for the taxonomy and cranial osteology of Cretaceous platypterygiine ichthyosaurs - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (171), 822-841 (journal article, English)
P. S. Druckenmiller, 2014 - An Upper Triassic (Norian) ichthyosaur (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from northern Alaska and dietary insight based on gut contents - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (34), 1460-1465 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2014 - Ichthyosaurs from the French Rhaetian indicate a severe turnover across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary - Naturwissenschaften (101), 1027-1040 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2014 - High diversity in Cretaceous ichthyosaurs from Europe prior to their extinction - PLoS ONE (9), e8470- (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2013 - A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae - Geological Magazine (), - (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2013 - Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblages of the Svalbard archipelago: a reassessment of taxonomy and distribution - GFF [Journal of the Geological Society of Sweden] (135), 85-94 (journal article, English)
M. S. Fernández, 2013 - Ophthalmosaurian (Ichthyosauria) records from the Aalenian–Bajocian of Patagonia (Argentina): an overview - Geological Magazine (), - (journal article, English)
N. B. Fröbisch, 2013 - Macropredatory ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic and the origin of modern trophic networks - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (110), 1393-1397 (journal article, English)
J. Liu, 2013 - The first specimen of the Middle Triassic Pharalodon atavus (Ichthyosauria: Mixosauridae) from South China, showing postcranial anatomy and peri-Tethyan distribution - Palaeontology (), - (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2013 - A basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs - Biology Letters (98), 20130- (journal article, English)
X. Chen, 2013 - A new Triassic primitive ichthyosaur from Yuanan, South China - Acta Geologica Sinica (87), 672-677 (journal article, English)
C. Ji, 2013 - A new juvenile specimen of Guanlingasaurus (Ichthyosauria, Shastasauridae) from the Upper Triassic of southwestern China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (33), 340-348 (journal article, English)
P. Yang, 2013 - A new species of Qianichthyosaurus (reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from Xingyi Fauna (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Guizhou - Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis (49), 1002-1008 (journal article, English)
P. S. Druckenmiller, 2012 - Two new ophthalmosaurids (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic: Volgian/Tithonian), Svalbard, Norway - Norwegian Journal of Geology (92), 311-339 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2012 - New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary - PLoS One (7), e2923- (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2012 - First diagnostic marine reptile remains from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic): a new ichthyosaur from southwestern Germany - PLoS ONE (7), e4169- (journal article, English)
M. S. Fernandez, 2012 - The genus Arthropterygius Maxwell (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina - Geobios (45), 535-540 (journal article, English)
J. E. Martin, 2012 - A longirostrine Temnodontosaurus (Ichthyosauria) with comments on Early Jurassic ichthyosaur niche partitioning and disparity - Palaeontology (55), 995-1005 (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2011 - A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (31), 1010-1025 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2010 - Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art - Palaeodiversity (3), 151-214 (journal article, English)
X.-H. Chen, 2010 - A new species of Mixosaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Pu'an, Guizhou, China - Acta Palaeontologica Sinica (), 251-260 (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2010 - Generic reassignment of an ichthyosaur from the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Northwest Territories, Canada - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (30), 403-415 (journal article, English)
M. Zammit, 2010 - A review of Australasian ichthyosaurs - Alcheringa (), 1-12 (journal article, English)
P. S. Druckenmiller, 2010 - A new Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) ichthyosaur genus from the Clearwater Formation, Alberta, Canada - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (47), 1037-1053 (journal article, English)
Q.-H. Shang, 2009 - On the occurrence of the ichthyosaur Shastasaurus in the Guanling biota (Late Triassic), Guizhou, China - Vertebrata PalAsiatica (47), 178-193 (journal article, English)
C. Kolb, 2009 - Redescription of the ichthyosaur Platypterygius hercynicus (Kuhn 1946) from the Lower Cretaceous of Salzgitter (Lower Saxony, Germany) - Palaeontographica Abteilung A (288), 151-192 (journal article, English)
D. Jiang, 2008 - New primitive ichthyosaurian (Reptilia, Diapsida) from the Middle Triassic of Panxian, Guizhou, southwestern China and its position in the Triassic biotic recovery - Progress in Natural Science (18), 1315-1319 (journal article, English)
X. Wang, 2008 - The Late Triassic black shales of the Guanling area, Guizhou province, south-west China: a unique marine reptile and pelagic crinoid fossil lagerstätte - Palaeontology (51), 27-61 (journal article, English)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 2008 - On ichthyosaur remains from the Cretaceous of the Voronezh Region - Paleontological Journal (42), 287-291 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2008 - Revision der gattung Stenopterygius Jaekel, 1904 emend. von Huene, 1922 (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) aus dem unteren Jura Westeuropas - Palaeodiversity (1), 227-271 (journal article, German)
X.-H. Chen, 2007 - A new species of Callawayia (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Late Triassic in Guanling, Guizhou - Geology in China (34), 974-982 (journal article, Chinese)
M. W. Maisch, 2006 - The braincase of Phantomosaurus neubigi (Sander, 1997), an unusual ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of Germany - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 598-607 (journal article, English)
D.-Y. Jiang, 2006 - A new mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 60-69 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2006 - Evidence for the longest stratigraphic range of a post-Triassic Ichthyosaur: a Leptonectes tenuirostris from the Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) of Switzerland - Geobios (39), 491-505 (journal article, English)
E. E. Maxwell, 2006 - A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of western Canada - Palaeontology (49), 1043-1052 (journal article, English)
N. B. Fröbisch, 2006 - A new species of Cymbospondylus (Diapsida, Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of Nevada and a re-evaluation of the skull osteology of the genus - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (147), 515-538 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2006 - Cranial osteology of Guizhouicthyosaurus tangae (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Upper Triassic of China - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (26), 588-597 (journal article, English)
M. Fernandez, 2005 - Revision of Platypterygius hauthali von Huene, 1927 (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) from the early Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (25), 583-587 (journal article, English)
D.-Y. Jiang, 2005 - A basal mixosaurid ichthyosaur from the Middle Triassic of China - Palaeontology (48), 869-882 (journal article, English)
L. Schmitz, 2004 - New Mixosauridae (Ichthyosauria) from the Middle Triassic of the Augusta Moutnains (Nevada, USA) and their implications for mixosaur taxonomy - Palaeontographica Abteilung A (270), 133-162 (journal article, English)
E. L. Nicholls, 2004 - Giant ichthyosaurs of the Triassic - a new species of Shonisaurus from the Pardonet Formation (Norian: Late Triassic) of British Columbia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (24), 838-849 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2003 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part X: The Lower Triassic Merriamosaurus from Spitzbergen - additional data on its anatomy and phylogenetic position - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (227), 93-137 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 2003 - Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 8 / Part 8 Ichthyopterygia - (), 1-175 (book, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2003 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part XII. A new Early Triassic ichthyosaur genus from Spitzbergen - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (229), 317-338 (journal article, English)
S. Sachs, 2003 - An ichthyosaur fragment from the Cretaceous of Northland, New Zealand - Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand (33), 307-314 (journal article, English)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2002 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part IX. The first associated skeletal remains of Merriamosaurus n. g. (Ichthyosauria, Lower Triassic) and their bearing on the systematic position of the Omphalosauria - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (226), 59-94 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2001 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part VIII. A redescription of Phalarodon major (von Huene, 1916) and the composition and phylogeny of the Mixosauridae - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (220), 431-447 (journal article, English)
Z. Gasparini, 2001 - Metriorhynchid crcodiles (Crocodyliformes) from the Oxfordian of Western Cuba - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte (9), 534-542 (journal article, English)
E. L. Nicholls, 2001 - A new genus of ichthyosaur from the Late Triassic Pardonet Formation of British Columbia: bridging the Triassic-Jurassic gap - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (38), 983-1002 (journal article, English)
G. W. Storrs, 2000 - Mesozoic marine reptiles of Russia and other former Soviet republics - The age of dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia (), 187-210 (book/book chapter, English)
M. S. Fernandez, 2000 - Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from the Neuquen Basin, Argentina - Historical Biology (14), 133-136 (journal article, English)
N. Bardet, 2000 - A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestones of Bavaria - Journal of Paleontology (74), 503-511 (journal article, English)
P. M. Sander, 2000 - Ichthyosauria: their diversity, distribution and phylogeny - Palaeontologische Zeitschrift (74), 1-35 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 2000 - The Ichthyosauria - Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (298), 1-159- (journal article, English)
C. Li, 1999 - Ichthyosaur from Guizhou, China - Chinese Science Bulletin (44), 1329-1333 (journal article, English)
V. M. Efimov, 1999 - Ichthyosaurs of a new genus Yasykovia from the Upper Jurassic strata of European Russia - Paleontological Journal (1), 92-100 (journal article, Russian)
R. Motani, 1999 - Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (19), 473-496 (journal article, English)
M. S. Fernandez, 1999 - A new ichthyosaur from the Los Molles Formation (Early Bajocian), Neuquen Basin, Argentina - Journal of Paleontology (73), 677-681 (journal article, English)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 1999 - On an ichthyosaur from the Callovian Stage of the Volga Region near Saratov - Palaeontological Journal (), 88-91 (journal article, Russian)
C. McGowan, 1999 - A new Pliensbachian Ichthyosaur from Dorset, England - Palaeontology (42), 761-768 (journal article, English)
V. M. Efimov, 1999 - A new family of Ichthyosaurs, the Undorosauridae fam. nov. from the Volgian stage of the European part of Russia - Paleontological Journal (33), 174-181 (journal article, English)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 1998 - On the ichthyosaurian genus Platypterygius - Paleontological Journal (32), 65-69 (journal article, English)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 1998 - On the ichthyosaurian fossils from the Volgian Stage of the Saratov Basin - Palaeontological Journal (), 87-91 (journal article, Russian)
P. M. Sander, 1998 - New finds of Omphalosaurus and a review of Triassic ichthyosaur paleobiogeography - Palaeontologische Zeitschrift (72), 149-162 (journal article, English)
M. W. Maisch, 1998 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part II: A new ichthyosaur with palatal teeth from Monte San Giorgio - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte (1), 26-41 (journal article, English)
W. Brinkmann, 1998 - Sangiorgiosaurus n. g. - a new mixosaur genus (Mixosauridae, Ichthyosauria) with crushing teeth from the Grenzbitumenzone (Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland, Canton Ticino) - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie Abhandlungen (207), 125-144 (journal article, German)
M. W. Maisch, 1998 - Observations on Triassic ichthyosaurs. Part III: a crested predatory mixosaurid from the Middle Triassic of the Germanic Basin - Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen (209), 105-134 (journal article, English)
R. Motani, 1998 - Taxonomy and limb ontogeny of Chaohusaurus geishanensis (Ichthyosauria), with a note on the allometric equation - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (18), 533-540 (journal article, English)
V. M. Efimov, 1998 - An ichthyosaur, Otschevia pseudoscythica gen. et. sp. nov. from the Upper Jurassic strata of the Ulyanovsk region (Volga region) - Paleontological Journal (2), 82-86 (journal article, Russian)
M. S. Fernández, 1997 - A new Ichthyosaur from the Tithonian (Late Jurassic) of the Neuquen Basin, Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina - Journal of Paleontology (71), 479-484 (journal article, English)
V. M. Efimov, 1997 - A new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of the Ulyanovsk Volga region - Paleontological Journal (4), 77-82 (journal article, Russian)
M. E. Paramo, 1997 - Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) nueva especie del Cretácico de Colombia - Revista Ingeominas (6), 1-12 (journal article, Spanish)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 1997 - On a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Lower Volgian substage of the Saratov, Volga Region - Paleontological Journal (21), 87-91 (journal article, Russian)
C. McGowan, 1997 - The taxonomic status of the Late Triassic ichthyosaur Grendelius mordax: a preliminary report - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (17), 428-430 (journal article, English)
M. Iturralde-Vinent, 1996 - Synopsis of Late Jurassic marine reptiles from Cuba - American Museum Novitates (3164), 1-17 (journal article, English)
R. Motani, 1996 - Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs - Nature (382), 347-348 (journal article, English)
M. Fernandez, 1994 - A new long-snouted ichthyosaur from the Early Bajocian of Neuquen Basin (Argentina) - Ameghiniana (31), 291-297 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1994 - The taxonomic status of the Upper Liassic ichthyosaur Eurhinosaurus longirostris - Palaeontology (37), 747-753 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1994 - Temnodontosaurus risor is a juvenile of T. platyodon (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (14), 472-479 (journal article, English)
C. Mcgowan, 1994 - A new species of Shastasaurus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Triassic of British Columbia: the most complete exemplar of the genus - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (14), 168-179 (journal article, English)
D. A. Russell, 1993 - Jurassic marine reptiles from Cape Grassy, Melville Island, Arctic Canada - Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (450), 195-201 (journal article, English)
J. M. Mazin, 1993 - Palaeobiogeography of the Early and Late Triassic ichthyopterygia - Paleontologia Lombarda (2), 93-107 (journal article, English)
B. M. Efimov, 1991 - First discovery of the ichthyosaur opthalmosaurus in the Kimmeridgian of the USSR - Paleontological Journal (), 112-114 (journal article, Russian)
M. Wade, 1990 - A review of the Australian Cretaceous longipinnate ichthyosaur Platypterygius, (Ichthyosauria, Ichthyopterygia) - Memoirs of the Queensland Museum (28), 115-137 (journal article, English)
P. M. Sander, 1989 - The large ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus buchseri, sp. nov. from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland), with a survey of the genus in Europe - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (9), 163-173 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1989 - Leptopterygius tenuirostris and other long-snouted ichthyosaurs from the English Lower Lias - Palaeontology (32), 409-427 (journal article, English)
R. L. Carroll, 1988 - - Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution (), 1-698 (compendium, English)
J.-M. Mazin, 1987 - [(Omphalosaurus nettarhynchus, a new Omphalosaurid species (Reptilia, Ichthyopterygia) from the Spathian of the Humboldt Range, Nevada, USA)] - Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre (305), 823-828 (journal article, English)
V. G. Otschev, 1985 - Novyy rod ikhtiozavrov iz Ul'yanovskogo Povolzh'ya - Paleontologeskii Zhurnal (), 76-80 (journal article, Russian)
R. M. Appleby, 1979 - The affinities of Liassic and later ichthyosaurs - Palaeontology (22), 921-946 (journal article, English)
T. Shikama, 1978 - Early Triassic ichthyosaurus, Utatsusaurus hataii gen. et sp. nov, from the Kitakami Massif, northeast Japan - Tohoku University Scientific Report, 2nd series (48), 77-97 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1976 - The description and phenetic relationships of a new ichthyosaur genus from the Upper Jurassic of England - Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (13), 668-683 (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1974 - A revision of the longipinnate ichthyosaurs of the Lower Jurassic of England, with descriptions of two new species (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) - Life Sciences Contribution of the Royal Ontario Museum (97), - (journal article, English)
C. McGowan, 1972 - The systematics of Cretaceous Ichthyosaurs with particular reference to the material from North America - Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming (11), 9-29 (journal article, English)
Z.-M. Dong, 1972 - An ichthyosaur fossil from the Qomolangma Feng (Mt. Everest) region - Gu ji zhui dong wu yu gu ren lei yan jiu suo ji kan (9), 7-10 (journal article, Chinese)
O. Kuhn, 1971 - - Die Saurier der deutschen Trias [Reptiles of the German Triassic] (), 1-105 (book, German)
R. M. Appleby, 1967 - The reptile families Ichthyosauridae and Ophthalmosauridae - Proceedings of the Geological Society of London (1640), 137-138 (journal article, English)
C.-C. Young, 1965 - On a revised determination of a fossil reptile from Jenhui, Kweichou with note on a new ichthyosaur probably from China - Vertebrata PalAsiatica (9), 368-375 (journal article, Chinese)
J. B. Delair, 1960 - The Mesozoic reptiles of Dorset. Part three: conclusion - Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (81), 59-85 (journal article, English)
R. M. Appleby, 1956 - The osteology and taxonomy of the fossil reptile Ophthalmosaurus - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (126), 403-448 (journal article, English)
O. v. Kuhn, 1946 - Ein skelett von Ichthyosaurus (Platypterygius) hercynicus n. sp. aus dem Aptium von Gitter - Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Bamberg (29), 69-82 (journal article, German)
O. Kuhn, 1946 - Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles] - Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg (29), 49-67 (journal article, German)
C. L. Camp, 1942 - Ichthyosaur rostra from central California - Journal of Paleontology (16), 362-371 (journal article, English)
C. Rusconi, 1942 - Nuevo genero de ictiosaurio Argentino [New genus of Argentinean ichthyosaur] - Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires (13), 1-2 (journal article, Spanish)
R, L. Nace, 1941 - A new ichthyosaur from the late Cretaceous, northeast Wyoming - American Journal of Science (239), 908-914 (journal article, English)
C. Rusconi, 1940 - Nueva especie de ictiosaurio del Jurásico de Mendoza [New species of ichthyosaur from the Jurassic of Mendoza] - Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires (11), 1-4 (journal article, Spanish)
R. L. Nace, 1939 - A new ichthyosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Mowry Formation of Wyoming - American Journal of Science (237), 673-686 (journal article, English)
C. Rusconi, 1938 - Restos de ictiosaurios del Jurásico Superior de Mendoza [Remains of ichthyosaurs from the Upper Jurassic of Mendoza] - Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires (10), 1-4 (journal article, Spanish)
O. P. Hay, 1930 - - Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America (390), 1-1074 (book, English)
M. G. Mehl, 1928 - Apatodonosaurus, a new genus of ichthyosaurs from the Jurassic of Wyoming - Denison University Scientific Laboratories Journal (23), 111-126 (journal article, English)
F. Chapman, 1914 - - Australasian Fossils. A Students’ Manual of Palaeontology (), 1-341 (book, English)
J. C. Merriam, 1908 - Triassic Ichthyosauria - Memoirs of the University of California (1), 1-155 (journal article, English)
C. W. Gilmore, 1907 - A new species of Baptanodon from the Jurassic of Wyoming - The American Journal of Science, series 4 (23), 193-198 (journal article, English)
F. Broili, 1907 - Ein neuer Ichthyosaurus aus der norddeutschen Kreide - Palaeontographica (54), 139-162 (journal article, German)
J. C. Merriam, 1906 - Preliminary note on a new marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of Nevada - University of California Publications in Geological Sciences (5), 71-79 (journal article, English)
C. W. Gilmore, 1905 - Osteology of Baptanodon (Marsh) - Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum (2), 77-129 (serial monograph, English)
C. W. Gilmore, 1905 - Notes on osteology of Baptanodon with a description of a new species - Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum (2), 325-337 (journal article, English)
J. C. Merriam, 1902 - Triassic Ichthyopterygia from California and Nevada - University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology (3), 63-108 (journal article, English)
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