<==o †"ICHTHYOSAUROMORPHA" |?- †Hupehsuchidae [Hupehsuchia:] `--o †ICHTHYOPTERYGIA |== †Utatsusauridae [paraphyletic assemblage of basal ichthyopterygians] `--o EOICHTHYOSAURIA [Ichthyosauria sensu lato] |-- †Grippidae [Grippidia:] `--o †ICHTHYOSAURIA |?- †Leptopterygiidae |?- †Protoichthyosauridae |-- †Cymbospondylidae [paraphyletic assemblage of basal ichthyosaurs] `--+-- †Mixosauridae [Mixosauria:] `--o †MERRIAMOSAURIA |-- †Shastasauridae [Shastasauria:] `--o †EUICHTHYOSAURIA `--o †PARVIPELVIA |-- †Eurhinosauridae [Eurhinosauria:] `--o †THUNNOSAURIA |-- †Stenopterygidae `--+-- †Ichthyosauridae `-- †Ophthalmosauridae [Ophthalmosauria:]
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Motani, R., 2000: Is Omphalosaurus ichthyopterygian?
- A phylogenetic perspective.
--Journal Of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 20, #2, pp. 295-301
Motani, R., Minoura, N. & Ando, T., 1998:
Ichthyosaurian relationships illuminated by new primitive skeletons from Japan.
–Nature: Vol. 393, 21 May. pp. 255-257
Motani, R., You, H., & McGowan, C., 1996:
Eel-like swimming in the earliest ichthyosaurs.
–Nature: Vol. 382, 25 July, pp. 347-348
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