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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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)
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)
B. C. Moon, 2017 - A new phylogeny of ichthyosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology (), - (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)
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)
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)
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. 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)
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)
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 basal thunnosaurian from Iraq reveals disparate phylogenetic origins for Cretaceous ichthyosaurs - Biology Letters (98), 20130- (journal article, English)
V. Fischer, 2013 - A new Lower Cretaceous ichthyosaur from Russia reveals skull shape conservatism within Ophthalmosaurinae - Geological Magazine (), - (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)
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)
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)
V. Fischer, 2011 - A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (31), 1010-1025 (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)
M. Zammit, 2010 - A review of Australasian ichthyosaurs - Alcheringa (), 1-12 (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. W. Maisch, 2010 - Phylogeny, systematics, and origin of the Ichthyosauria - the state of the art - Palaeodiversity (3), 151-214 (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)
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)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 2008 - On ichthyosaur remains from the Cretaceous of the Voronezh Region - Paleontological Journal (42), 287-291 (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)
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)
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)
C. McGowan, 2003 - Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 8 / Part 8 Ichthyopterygia - (), 1-175 (book, English)
J. J. Sepkoski, Jr., 2002 - A compendium of fossil marine animal genera - Bulletins of American Paleontology (363), 1-560 (serial monograph, 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)
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)
M. W. Maisch, 2000 - The Ichthyosauria - Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie B (298), 1-159- (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)
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)
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)
R. Motani, 1999 - Phylogeny of the Ichthyopterygia - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (19), 473-496 (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)
M. S. Arkhangelsky, 1999 - On an ichthyosaur from the Callovian Stage of the Volga Region near Saratov - Palaeontological Journal (), 88-91 (journal article, Russian)
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. 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)
M. E. Paramo, 1997 - Platypterygius sachicarum (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) nueva especie del Cretácico de Colombia - Revista Ingeominas (6), 1-12 (journal article, Spanish)
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)
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. 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)
M. Fernandez, 1994 - A new long-snouted ichthyosaur from the Early Bajocian of Neuquen Basin (Argentina) - Ameghiniana (31), 291-297 (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)
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)
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)
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)
R. M. Appleby, 1967 - The reptile families Ichthyosauridae and Ophthalmosauridae - Proceedings of the Geological Society of London (1640), 137-138 (journal article, English)
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)
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)
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)
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)
C. W. Gilmore, 1902 - Discovery of teeth in Baptanodon, an ichthyosaurian from the Jurassic of Wyoming - Science (16), 913-914 (journal article, English)
R. Lydekker, 1889 - - Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia (), - (book/book chapter, English)
R. Etheridge, Jr., 1888 - On Additional Evidence of the Genus Ichthyosaurus in the Mesozoic Rocks ("Rolling Downs Formation") of North-eastern Australia - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (3), 405-409 (journal article, English)
R. Lydekker, 1888 - Note on the classificaiton of the Ichthyopterygia (with a notice of two new species) - Geological Magazine (5), 309-314 (journal article, English)
R. Owen, 1884 - A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part III - (), 1-199 (book, English)
E. Koken, 1883 - Die Reptilien der norddeutschen unteren Kreide - Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft (35), 735-827 (journal article, German)
R. Lydekker, 1879 - Fossil Reptilia and Batrachia - Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, Series IV. Indian Pretertiary Vertebrata (1), 1-36 (serial monograph, English)
O. C. Marsh, 1879 - A new order of extinct reptiles (Sauranodonta), from the Jurassic Formation of the Rocky Mountains - The American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 (17), 85-86 (journal article, English)
R. Tate, 1876 - - The Yorkshire Lias (), 1-475 (book, English)
H. G. Seeley, 1874 - On the pectoral arch and fore limb of Ophthalmosaurs, a new ichthyosaurian genus from the Oxford Clay - Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London (30), 696-707 (journal article, English)
J. W. Hulke, 1871 - Note on an ichthyosaurus (I. enthekiodon) from Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset - Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society (27), 440-441 (journal article, English)
J. Phillips, 1871 - - Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames. Clarendon Press, Oxford (), 1-523 (book/book chapter, English)
F. McCoy, 1867 - On the occurrence of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus in Australia - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series (19), 355-356 (journal article, English)
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J. Carter, 1846 - On the occurrence of a new species of Ichthyosaurus in the Chalk - London Geological Journal (1), 7-9 (journal article, English)
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