Janusaurus

Janusaurus is an extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur from the Upper Jurassic Slottsmøya Member, Agardhfjellet Formation of Central Spitsbergen. The holotype consists of a partial skull and postcrania, and would have belonged to an individual measuring 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) long.^[2] In 2019, Janusaurus was synonymized with Arthropterygius, though maintained as a separate species, by Nikolay Zverkov and Natalya Prilepskaya,^[3] although this synonymy was objected to later that same year by Lene Delsett and colleagues, who maintained that they were sufficiently different to warrant separate genera.^[4]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:†Ichthyosauria

Family:†Ophthalmosauridae

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Janusaurus Temporal range: Tithonian ~150–146 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	†Ichthyosauria
Family:	†Ophthalmosauridae
Subfamily:	†Ophthalmosaurinae
Genus:	†Janusaurus Roberts et al., 2014
Species:	†J. lundi
Binomial name
†Janusaurus lundi Roberts et al., 2014

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